Airworthiness and Safety Manager

Advanced Resource Managers; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Airworthiness and Safety Manager to join their dynamic team in Bristol. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a leading Defence and Aerospace company that values innovation and growth. In this role, you will lead the development and implementation of safety and environmental policies, ensuring compliance with industry standards. You will collaborate with project teams to enhance safety measures and drive continuous improvement initiatives. If you have a passion for safety management and want to make a significant impact in the Defence sector, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Airworthiness and Safety Management in Defence and Aerospace.
• Experience with safety and environmental audit programmes and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain safety and environmental engineering policies.
• Implement audit programmes to ensure compliance with Defence standards.
• Provide expertise in airworthiness for Defence projects.

Skills

Airworthiness Management

Safety Management

DAOS Experience

Environmental Management

Defence and Aerospace Knowledge

Compliance Verification

Education

Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Safety and Environmental Tools

Job description

Airworthiness and Safety Manager

Permanent role

Based in Bristol

Do you have DAOS experience?

Do you have experience in Airworthiness and Safety Management?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Airworthiness and Safety Manager, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

You will be acting as an expert within this field to develop and implement engineering policy and processes to ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.

You will be involved in:

1. Develop, implement, and maintain all safety and environmental engineering policies, processes and supporting documentation to ensure governance and compliance.
2. Implement and maintain a safety and environmental audit programme across all projects to satisfy the contractual requirements in Def Stan 00-55/6.
3. Oversee the development of project Safety and Environmental artefacts including, Safety and Environmental Management Plans (SEMPs), Hazard Logs, Safety & Environmental Case Reports (SECRs).
4. Work with project teams to develop and implement statutory and contractual Safety and Environmental requirements for solutions prior to System Requirements Reviews.
5. Identification of Opportunities for Improvement (OFI) and recommending solutions for incorporation into both the engineering processes and wider business processes.
6. Identify and arrange training to ensure all Safety & Environmental engineers remain current and competent in their role.
7. Fulfil the responsibilities for Airworthiness in a DAOS organization as defined in MAA Regulatory Articles 1014 and 5850.
8. Provide airworthiness expertise and support to Air System and related projects that fall outside the scope of the DAOS approval.
9. Expert knowledge of safety and environmental management in the context of Defence products.
10. Experience with common system safety and environmental tools, techniques and processes.
11. Experience in the Defence and/or Aerospace industries.
12. Experience within the MoD acquisition organisation.
13. Previous holder of formal safety and/or airworthiness delegation.
14. Experience of the design lifecycle, responsibility for design reviews, and independent compliance verification.
15. Detailed working knowledge of defence and aerospace design & development standards.

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Management

Industries

Defense and Space Manufacturing and Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing