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.

In addition, the ARC Lead is responsible for leading and developing a culture of Continuous Improvement within CAMSS instigating change. Further acting as the CAMSS Continuing Airworthiness SME when leading and conducting safety investigations as tasked.


Core Activity

·       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.
  

Key Accountabilities

• 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.