Aerospace Assurance & Certification Consultant

Frazer-Nash Consultancy; Hempstalls; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Private healthcare

Company pension

Bonus scheme

Professional development

Cycle to work

Season rail ticket loan

Job summary

Qualifications

• Practitioner in initial or continuing airworthiness.
• Experience leading engineering teams in defence or aerospace projects.
• Chartered Engineer or working toward it.
• Systems Engineering experience in aerospace including certification, compliance, requirements, safety, and test/acceptance.
• Customer-focused attitude and understanding of air safety in lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Bids for and wins projects; leads delivery and manages people and clients.
• Develops portfolio of project deliveries; enhances consultancy skills.
• Mentors junior engineers and graduates; collaborates with wider team.

Skills

Aerospace Engineering

Airworthiness

Leadership

Systems Engineering

Certification

Requirements Mgmt

Safety & Assurance

Test & Acceptance

Customer Focus

Education

Chartered Engineer status

Engineering Degree

Job description

Aerospace Assurance & Certification Consultant

Salary range: £55,000 to £65,000 per annum depending on experience

Location: Burton or Bristol but any FNC Office in the UK

Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home

Closing date 30th October 2026, but early application encouraged

At Frazer-Nash we help organisations deliver innovative engineering and technical solutions to make lives safe, secure, sustainable, and affordable. Our people are integral to delivering these outcomes. With this in mind, we are currently seeking experienced Aerospace Assurance and Certification Consultants to undertake challenging and interesting work that improves safety and sustainability worldwide. Working within a consultancy environment offers the chance to experience a wide variety of projects and you'll be expected to bid for, win, work on, and manage projects, as well as work with and manage people and clients. We are particularly interested in motivated consultants who are keen to network with clients to win new work and lead the delivery of projects supported by the wider team of engineers.

Our clients look for support in initial certification and type airworthiness, continuing airworthiness and technical delivery of projects. This would suit an engineer/consultant with previous experience working within Defence Equipment & Support, Project Teams, Delivery Teams or Front-Line delivery of platforms or equipment. The role represents an opportunity to join an expanding team and lead technical delivery on projects across the aerospace spectrum within defence. You will develop a portfolio of project deliveries, hone your consultancy skills and help develop more junior engineers and graduates.

As part of Frazer-Nash you may also have opportunities to work outside aerospace or gain civil experience to widen your skillset further. Although primarily focused on safety and assurance, we also have projects running that cover legislative and regulatory compliance, aviation facility design, risk and quality management across Defence (Air, Sea and Land) and transport and infrastructure, with aspirations to extend into the space domain.

To support these responsibilities, we are looking for an individual with an aerospace engineering background who:

• Is a practitioner in initial or continuing airworthiness
• Has experience of leading engineering teams as either a senior NCO or engineering officer or civilian equivalent
• Is Qualified to Chartered Engineer level or working towards it
• Has demonstrable technical experience of working in a Systems Engineering environment, in the aerospace industry, including:
• Certification requirements and compliance;
• Requirements management;
• Safety and assurance;
• Test and acceptance.
• Shows a clear customer-focused attitude
• Demonstrates an understanding of the different air safety aspects of an air systems life cycle.

Desirable Requirements

• Holds a first degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• Experience working within a Delivery Team or Defence Equipment & Support
• Frontline Engineering Experience on a Squadron or similar
• Auditor experience
• Has previous/current experience as an engineering consultant

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertakes, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Benefits

We provide our people with an excellent benefit and offering package that comprises:

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews
• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.
• Happy to talk flexible working
• Enhanced parental benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season rail ticket loan
• And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements