Dsa-maa-cert- Head of Section

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 227828**Salary**:

- £40,000**Grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- C1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Head Office & Corporate Services - Defence Safety Authority - Military Aviation Authority - Certification Division**Type of role**:

- Engineering**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Filton, South West England, BS34 8QWAbout the job

**Summary**:
As one of the largest Whitehall departments, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) employs approximately 250,000 people located around the globe including Armed Forces personnel, civil servants, and contractors.

Part of the Defence Safety Authority (DSA), the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) is the organization responsible for the regulation, surveillance, inspection and assurance of the Defence Air operating and technical domains. It ensures the safe design and use of military Air Systems.

As the single regulatory authority responsible for regulating all aspects of Air Safety across Defence, the MAA has full oversight of all Defence aviation activity. Through independent audit and continuous surveillance of military aviation, the MAA aims to provide the Secretary of State for Defence (SOS), through Director General DSA (DG DSA), the necessary assurance that appropriate standards of Air safety are maintained in delivering operational capability. The MAA consists of 4 Divisions, this advertised role sits within the Certification Division.

The Certification Division has responsibility for: developing the regulation for and undertaking certification of all new military Air Systems and Major Changes as defined by regulation to type designs; developing the regulation for and undertaking assurance of aircraft Programmable Elements, structural, propulsion and systems integrity; the sponsorship, management and maintenance of UK Air System Certification Specification (Defence Standard 00-970); and developing the regulation for and undertaking assurance of ships’ aviation facilities and capabilities, acting as the Naval Authority - Aviation as defined in JSP 430.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:

- The MAA are currently developing an updated strategy for the development and management of Air System Airworthiness Standards and are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced engineering manager to lead the team responsible for ensuring that the UK’s standards remain fit for purpose for the current and future requirements of our Forces. Appropriate Airworthiness Standards are at the heart of the certification process which enables the safe delivery of military capability in the Air and, therefore, you will play a vital role in support of our Armed Forces personnel.**Responsibilities**:

- Act as the lead on airworthiness standards in support of the Certification of new UK military Air Systems and design changes, covering Fixed and Rotary Wing aircraft, Remotely Piloted Air Systems and aero-engines.
- Act as the lead UK representative on international and NATO standards Working Groups including the development of Remotely Piloted Air Systems Standards.
- Act as the MAA liaison on airworthiness standards development with other international military and civilian Regulators and Standards Organisations, with particular focus on ensuring Def Stan 00-970 adapts to new technologies
- Manage a team of two civil servant technical authors responsible for the maintenance of Def Stan 00-970.
- Provide specialist advice to MAA senior leadership, certification managers, technical desk officers and the regulated community in the interpretation and development of certification requirements.
- Establish and lead a UK Military Airworthiness Standards Community of Interest Group comprising stakeholders from MOD, industry and the regulated community.

**Experience**

**Essential**
- You will be expected to have a strong AeroSystems engineering background.
- We will need you to demonstrate that you have experience of working in a leadership role in a team environment.

**Desirable**
- Practical experience of working with certification standards will be an advantage.
- We will welcome applicants with practical experience of the development or assessment of aircraft level performance and technical requirements.

**Memberships**:

- You will need to be a registered Professional Engineer at I Eng level.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Airworthiness ACS1.1 Defence Aviation Context (Awareness level)
- Airworthiness ACS1.2 Type Certification (Awareness level)
- Airworthiness ACS1.4 Aircraft Systems (Practitioner level)

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