Head of Airworthiness and Compliance

2 months ago

Yeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom Leonardo Full time
Job Description:

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled professional to join our team at Leonardo as the Head of Airworthiness and Compliance. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and manage the airworthiness function, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead and manage the airworthiness function, including flight clearance, independent verification, and system safety teams.
  • Ensure that design organisation (DO) expositions are prepared and updated in accordance with regulatory publications and industry standards.
  • Ensure that continuing airworthiness management organisation (CAMO) expositions are prepared and updated in accordance with regulatory publications.
  • Align DO and CAMO processes with relevant regulations and assess the impact of regulatory changes on air safety.
  • Verify that technical evidence is complete and complies with regulatory requirements for design changes.
  • Provide independent assurance that all designs comply with agreed-upon certification basis.
  • Obtain MOD sponsorship and approval to operate military-registered civil-owned aircraft in accordance with regulatory requirements.
  • Prepare certificates for flight trials in compliance with regulations and company processes.
  • Ensure that safety arisings are driven to a satisfactory conclusion for all UK platforms.
  • Establish a satisfactory safety programme plan in accordance with applicable certification basis and contract requirements.
  • Issue safety assessment reports and other safety artefacts to demonstrate compliance with safety targets.
  • Approve changes to design approval signatories in the Leonardo Helicopters (UK) DO and CAMO.
  • Assess the acceptability of risk to life as a standing member of the Flight Risk Review Board for flight test activities.
  • Represent airworthiness at safety working groups, safety action groups, and executive safety board.
  • Represent Leonardo Helicopters (UK) as a member of UK industrial trade organisation (ADS) airworthiness boards and committees.
Requirements:
  • Degree in a relevant subject (e.g., aeronautical engineering, other engineering, science, or mathematics).
  • Considerable years of experience in the design, development, qualification, and certification of air systems.
  • In-depth knowledge of airworthiness regulations and system safety for air systems.
  • Ability to understand complex engineering processes and inter-dependency of process components.
  • Ability to understand business requirements and develop people, roles, and organisation to meet these needs.
  • Ability to lead and direct departments with different functions and manage co-ordination and interaction between them.
  • Ability to manage and direct a number of engineering projects and tasks carried out across a group of departments and disciplines.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to develop customer/supplier relationships.
  • Broad understanding of the business environment, including customer issues, competitor capabilities, and associated economics.
  • Ability to make complex technical decisions based on a range of dissimilar information assimilated from technical experts.
  • Broad understanding of the business environment, including customer capability requirements, contract frameworks, competitor products/capabilities, and associated financial aspects.
  • Capability to identify and direct improvements to complex technical and business processes, judging the balance between cost and impact of change and its resulting benefits.
  • Experience in both civil and military aviation.
  • Chartered Engineer status.
Benefits:
  • Flexible working hours with hybrid working options.
  • Company-funded flexible benefits plan, including access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology, and lifestyle options.
  • 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave, and accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year.
  • Award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
  • Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support, and network groups.
  • Discounted gym membership and cycle to work scheme.
  • Free access to over 4000 online courses via Coursera.
  • Referral incentive scheme.
  • Bonus scheme in place for all employees at management level and below.

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