Airworthiness Review Lead

The Airworthiness Review Lead is responsible
for ensuring the continued validity of the aircraft airworthiness certificate.
Delivered through leading and managing the airworthiness review schedule to
ensure the management of a full, documented, review of an aircraft’s records,
together with a physical survey, confirms that the aircraft has remained within
a controlled environment since either delivery or the previous airworthiness
review. Further ensuring the robust ARC planning at strategic and tactical
levels, maximising the operational efficiency of the QEAF Typhoon fleet.

·       Manage the development, production and issuance
of QEAF Typhoon ARC certificates to satisfy the required schedule conducting a
fully documented airworthiness review of the aircraft and records at intervals,
as required by the QEAFAR.

·       Manage the reconciliation activities (findings)
identified during an airworthiness review, ensuring that they are captured,
recorded, communicated and acted upon within the required timescales. Ensuring
that escalated issues, identified by the airworthiness review process, are
assessed and effective solutions are implemented.

·       At a strategic level, manage the
maintenance planning and conducting of airworthiness reviews ensuring that
detachments, or any other incidents of aircraft unavailability, are
deconflicted. Maximising the operational efficiency of the QEAF Typhoon Fleet.
Further capturing fleet trends that identify fleet wide issues that could
manifest a risk to CAw.

·       At a tactical level manage stakeholder interaction to deconflict
the ARC schedule with other aircraft activities. Ensure the effective
communication throughout the stakeholder chain to highlight ARC priorities and
subsequent findings.  

·       Lead and develop the effectiveness of CAMSS through
Continuous Improvement. Identifying process and policy insufficiencies that
increase the risk to CAw, generating suitable reports and plans to communicate
and manage the changes identified.

• Conduct and manage
  safety investigation with manifest inherent risk to CAw, identifying root cause
  and contributing factors. Producing unambiguous reports that capture timelines
  and potential recommendation to reduce risk as tolerable ALARP.
  

• Performance indicators – Ensure the
  effective management of the continuing airworthiness review activities
  by ensuring compliance to QEAFARs and the Continuing Airworthiness Management Exposition
  (CAME). Setting effective schedules, monitoring findings to identify trends and
  developing continuous improvement programmes. Prioritises activities within the
  ARC ToRs to ensure efficiency and maximum AVA of the QEAF Typhoon Fleet.
  
• Procedure/standards – Ensure the
  currency, accuracy and management of all policies and procedures stipulating
  the requirements of airworthiness reviews. Ensuring that all airworthiness
  review activity stringently adheres to, and complies, to all.
  
• Safety Management System – Manage the
  application of Human Factors, Error Management, Risk Management and Safety
  Assurance within the ARC process. Together with the proactive analysis,
  mitigation and management of hazards, especially if identified during an
  airworthiness review that manifests an immediate risk to flight safety.
  
• Management System Assurance – Ensure all airworthiness
  review, continuous improvement and safety investigation activities
  are compliant with the regulatory and assurance framework, including supporting
  process confirmations and independent assurance audits. Manage and support the production,
  issuance and response to airworthiness review audit findings in a timely and
  appropriate manner and provide information to support the relevant reviews.
  Support the implementation of identified improvements to overcome any non-conformance
  findings and monitor effectiveness of resolved mitigations.
  
• Statutory/Regulatory & Legislative requirements – Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding and application of
  the relevant continuing airworthiness regulatory framework. Support the
  implementation of any regulatory driven changes into the relevant activities.
  Ensure compliance with all other requirements, e.g. ITAR, EaPW, ISO
  
• Contractual
  Requirements – Lead and manage compliance
  with all applicable regulatory requirements, e.g. through Airworthiness Review
  Lead activity ensure the effective communication and implementation of any
  changes into continuing
  airworthiness review activities, as
  appropriate.
  

Requirements

·       BSc
in a relevant Technical Management discipline or equivalent.

·       Have
formal aeronautical maintenance training.

·       Have
recent auditing experience in a Continuing Airworthiness controlled
environment.

·       Substantial experience as an engineering manager within a
Maintenance & Support environment, including significant direct experience
of managing and maintaining continuing airworthiness (min 5 years).

·       Extensive
experience and knowledge of CAw process and practices.

·       Strong quantitative, analytical and project management
skills/experience, with lean management principles.

·       Effective, highly credible communicator with strong interpersonal
skills 

·       Good knowledge of standard aircraft maintenance systems and
practices (fast Mil Air).

·       Ability to analyse and interpret data.

·       Comprehensive understanding of aircraft records.

·       Good understanding of project management techniques.

·       Human Factors – Standard Course Specification.

·       SMS A & SMS B.

·       E&PW Awareness- Standard Course Specification.

·       ITAR Awareness- Standard Course Specification.

• IT Literate.