Airworthiness Officer

Gama Aviation LLC; Haywards Heath; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Income protection

Travel Insurance

Private healthcare

Free car parking

Volunteering days

Training and development

Job summary

Gama Aviation in Haywards Heath is seeking an Airworthiness Officer to support continued airworthiness across fixed wing and rotary aircraft. You will provide technical administration and ensure compliance with CAME and regulatory authorities, with a strong focus on accuracy and coordination.

No prior aviation experience is required; we value organisation, a keen eye for detail, and a desire to learn within a fast-paced aviation environment.

Qualifications

• Strong administration duties in an office environment.
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to interpret complex instructions and actions required.
• IT literate with MS Office proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Track maintenance items and ensure timely planning and compliance.
• Plan/Coordinate maintenance tasks and define requirements.
• Support maintenance input and resolve queries.
• Process completed maintenance and update CAMO systems.
• Assist with internal and external queries (NAA, customers).
• Assess AD/SB and create Engineering Orders.
• Assess damage, repairs, and modifications.

Skills

Administration

Coordination

MS Office

Team player

Attention to detail

Education

Aviation/aircraft engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Myairops CAM system

Job description

Position: Airworthiness Officer

Location: Haywards Heath

Working Hours: Full-Time, 40 Hours per week

Are you a highly organised individual who is known for strong administration and co-ordination skills?

Gama Aviation are looking to add to our team which comprises of energetic, talented and customer focused individuals. We are seeking Airworthiness Officers who will help support our team to maintain and grow our enviable reputation that makes us our customers’ CAMO of choice.

You do not need previous experience within Aviation, we are looking for an individual who can demonstrate strong co-ordination skills and a desire to learn from our amazing team!

This is an exciting position whereby you will have exposure to all aspects of the company’s day to day continued airworthiness responsibilities across Fixed Wing and Rotary aircraft. You will provide technical administration support, ensuring compliance with the company’s Continued Airworthiness Management Exposition (CAME) and the regulations produced by EASA and the UK CAA and other applicable Regulatory Authorities under whose registers the company operates aircraft.

The Airworthiness Officer position is suitable for individuals who are keen to build a career within Aviation. No previous Continuing Airworthiness Management experience is required, however experience completing a variety of administration tasks and an interest in engineering are the key ingredients for success within this role.

About us:

FlyerTech, the UK’s first independently approved Continuing Airworthiness Management organisation, takes pride in caring for the Continuing Airworthiness Management needs of our many and varied globally based prestigious clients. As part of the Gama Aviation Group, we apply accuracy and detail to our records, understanding that this pays dividends during future transactions in terms of speed and negotiation leverage.

We wouldn’t be able to do what we do on a day-to-day basis without our highly talented team of experts, promoting a highly collaborative environment and providing the tools our employees need to succeed in their role, develop their knowledge and expand their skill set. If you’ve got the right attitude and the desire to succeed, we can help you build your career within an exciting and fast paced industry.

Responsibilities:

• Track maintenance items and ensure timely planning and compliance
• Plan/Coordinate maintenance tasks for inputs (e.g., defining the requirements, creating, and checking the work pack, communicate with stakeholders)
• Support the maintenance input during its course and resolve queries
• Process completed maintenance (e.g., tally sheet, component changes, incomplete maintenance, compliance) and update myairopscam system
• Support and resolve internal queries from other departments and external queries (e.g., NAA, customers)
• AD/SB assessments, creating Engineering Orders
• Damage and repair assessments, updating of damage and repair charts
• Major and Minor Modification assessments
• Supporting aircraft transaction projects
• There may be requirements to travel on occasion

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

Essential

• Experience completing a range of administration duties within an office environment
• Able to demonstrate strong organisation and prioritisation skills
• Ability to manage complex instructions and understand the requirements and actions needed
• IT literate with experience of using MS Office applications
• Good team player, hunger to learn and confident, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Well organised, with good attention to detail and high levels of intrinsic motivation that manifests itself in a ‘can do’ attitude
• Proactive mindset with a reliable and flexible approach
• IT literate with experience of using MS Office applications

Advantageous

• Experience managing documentation wthin an engineering environement
• Experience or interest in Aviation
• Possess a degree, apprenticeship or equivalent in aviation and/or aircraft engineering

In addition to a Competitive Salary, we will offer you:

• Great Work-Life Balance with our Hybrid Working Policy – 3 days in the office, 2 days from home (post probation)
• Competitive Group Pension Scheme
• Comprehensive Life Assurance *
• Comprehensive Income Protection *
• Comprehensive Travel Insurance *
• Comprehensive Private Healthcare (after successful passing of probation) *
• Free Car Parking
• 2 Paid Volunteering Days each calendar year (subject to line manager approval)
• Investment in Training, Qualifications and Professional Development

* (Subject to insurance underwriting)