Quality and Safety Manager - Engineering

Royal Flying Doctor Service; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Salary packaging benefits

Private health insurance discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) seeks a permanent, full-time Quality & Safety Manager - Engineering to lead safety and quality across our aviation engineering function. Reporting to the Aviation Safety Manager, you will oversee safety systems, investigations, audits and continuous improvement while partnering with engineers and regulators.

This leadership role offers the chance to influence safety culture across RFDS Queensland bases and participate in senior safety

Qualifications

• Aviation engineering quality and safety experience in a Part 145 environment.
• Strong knowledge of continuing airworthiness, engineering compliance and CASA regulations.
• Ability to independently review engineering activities and provide practical guidance.
• Excellent investigation, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform the duties of the Quality and Safety Manager in line with RFDS Queensland's Part 145 M.O.E., Safety Management System and Maintenance Control Manual.
• Lead and deliver the Engineering Quality and Safety Management Systems, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Participate in safety reporting and investigate engineering-related occurrences and trends.
• Conduct engineering audits across RFDS Queensland bases and close out audit findings and corrective actions.
• Investigate safety events, identify root causes and support improvement initiatives.
• Promote the Engineering Safety Management System through risk assessments and safety promotion.

Skills

Aviation engineering quality

Safety management

Regulatory compliance

Investigations & root cause

Stakeholder communication

Lead Auditor qualification

CASA Form 4 approval

Aircraft maintenance experience

Job description

Quality and Safety Manager - Engineering

Royal Flying Doctor Service – Brisbane QLD

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) is a leader in delivering aeromedical and primary healthcare services to rural and remote communities across Queensland. Our aviation operation relies on the highest standards of safety, quality and compliance to ensure our people, patients and aircraft remain safe every day.

We are currently seeking a permanent, full-time Quality & Safety Manager - Engineering to join our Aviation Safety team. This role is a unique opportunity to apply your aviation engineering quality and safety experience in a leadership position focused on safety, quality assurance, compliance and continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Aviation Safety Manager, the role will also maintain a regulatory reporting line to the Accountable Manager PT145. You will provide independent oversight of engineering safety and quality systems, investigate engineering safety matters, lead engineering audits and help drive a culture of learning and continuous improvement across our Engineering function.

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with engineering teams across Queensland while contributing to senior safety committees, regulatory compliance activities and strategic safety initiatives.

This role can be based at any RFDS Queensland operational base.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform the duties of the Quality and Safety Manager in line with RFDS Queensland's Part 145 Maintenance Organisation Exposition, Safety Management System, and Maintenance Control Manual.


• Lead and deliver the Engineering Quality and Safety Management Systems, ensuring compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements.


• Participate in daily safety reporting and investigate engineering-related occurrences, maintenance errors, faults and emerging trends.


• Conduct engineering audits across RFDS Queensland bases and support the close-out of audit findings and corrective actions.


• Investigate safety events, identify root causes and support implementation of improvement initiatives.


• Support and promote the Engineering Safety Management System through risk assessments, assurance activities and safety promotion initiatives.


• Prepare reports for safety committees, executive stakeholders and Board-level review.


• Build strong working relationships with engineers, operational leaders, regulators and external stakeholders to support a positive safety culture.


• Liaise with CASA regarding engineering safety, quality and compliance matters where required.

Who Are We Looking For?

Ideally, you will bring substantial hands-on aviation engineering or aircraft maintenance experience alongside experience in engineering quality and safety. However, we welcome applications from candidates with relevant engineering quality and safety experience across a range of career pathways. To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Relevant experience in aviation engineering quality and safety, with hands-on aviation engineering or aircraft maintenance experience within a Part 145 environment highly regarded.


• Strong knowledge of continuing airworthiness, engineering compliance and relevant CASA regulations.


• The ability to independently review engineering activities and provide practical, constructive guidance.


• Excellent investigation, analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting information to a range of stakeholders.


• The ability to build rapport, influence positive behaviours and foster a culture of open reporting and continuous improvement.


• A Lead Auditor qualification and/or Aviation Safety Investigation qualification, or the willingness to obtain these with organisational support.


• Previous CASA Form 4 approval, or the ability to meet the requirements for approval.

Why Work for Us?

At the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section), you'll be driven by purpose, not just tasks. Whatever your role, you'll make a genuine difference to people's lives every day.

• Work with a dedicated team passionate about aviation safety and supporting the RFDS mission.


• Hybrid working options following onboarding and training.


• Ongoing learning and development opportunities, including support for relevant auditor and safety investigation training.


• Generous not-for-profit salary packaging benefits of up to $18,550 tax-free.


• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, including counselling, nutrition support, financial wellbeing sessions and legal advice.


• Private health insurance discounts.


• Access to our Fitness Passport program for employees and eligible family members.


• RemServ Rewards offering discounts and cashback across hundreds of leading Australian retailers

Applications close 27th of November 2026.

Successful candidates will be subject to a police check and will be required to undertake pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. You must hold a valid, unrestricted Australian Driver's Licence and be able to obtain an ASIC.

The RFDS acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the Traditional Custodians of the land. The RFDS is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of healthcare. We embrace diversity and welcome all people irrespective of faith, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity.

The RFDSis committed to the protection of human and legal rights, including the rights of children, young people and adults to be safe, heard and cared for. In upholding the Universal Principle, RFDSis committed to creating an organisational environment that ensures Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families feel welcome, safe, valued, included and respected.