Airworthiness Project Engineer

Gama Aviation LLC; Haywards Heath; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Pension Scheme – up to 5%

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Travel Insurance

Private Healthcare (probation)

Discounts at retailers

Job summary

Gama Aviation Haywards Heath is seeking a Project Engineer - Airworthiness to manage CAMO projects and deliverables across the airworthiness lifecycle. Based at Haywards Heath with hybrid options, you will coordinate internal/external stakeholders and drive projects on time and within budget.

You’ll bring engineering project management experience, Excel skills, client facing ability, and a track record of handling multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Project Manager within an Engineering environment.
• Experience managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Prior working experience as a project administrator.
• Intermediate to Advanced working knowledge of Excel.
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in commercial and contract negotiation processes.
• Experience defining and agreeing client requirements.
• Experience agreeing resource estimates.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned projects through to completion on time, within scope and budget.
• Maintain customer and stakeholder relationships with regular updates.
• Collaborate with sales to define requirements and handle change requests.
• Work with SMEs to collate resource estimates and schedules.
• Develop and implement project management plans and risk registers.
• Provide internal/external reporting including schedules, financials and quality metrics.
• Ensure resource availability is defined, allocated and monitored.
• Create and maintain project templates for deployment and bids.

Skills

Project management

Engineering environment

Stakeholder management

Multiple projects

Client-facing

Commercial negotiations

Requirements definition

Resource estimation

Excel

Education

Prince2

APMP

PMQ

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Job Details: Airworthiness Project Engineer

Full details of the job.

Vacancy Name

Vacancy Name Airworthiness Project Engineer

Vacancy No

Vacancy No VN1395

Employment Type

Employment Type Full-Time

Division

Division Ground

Location

Location Haywards Heath

/ Position : Project Engineer - Airworthiness
/ Location : Haywards Heath (Hybrid Available)
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Engineer to join our amazing team! The role can be based out of our offices at Haywards Heath and is suited to an individual with experience working in the Engineering sector.
This position will be providing Project Management responsibilities for our Gama Aviation Airworthiness Projects and CAMO Team in support of work across the Gama Aviation Technology & Outsourcing Strategic Business Unit. As a Project Manager you’ll be managing a variety of projects concurrently, each with unique and interesting challenges to overcome across the full lifecycle .
This role is suited to an individual who is pragmatic, highly organised, with exceptional communication and co-ordination skills. If you like the idea of creating your own robust and efficient processes, then you will enjoy the opportunity to put your skills across these areas into practice.
Our culture is extremely important to us, and we are looking for an individual who is passionate about both individual and team success, is known for being helpful and supportive, and can maintain clear focus on our customers' needs. We are very proud of what we achieve as a team and will be looking for somebody who will share our values.

/ About us:

FlyerTech Ltd, the UK’s first independently approved Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation, take pride in caring for the Continuing Airworthiness Management needs of our many and varied globally based prestigious clients. FlyerTech Ltd are part of the Gama Aviation group.

Gama Aviation is a hugely diverse business that offers much more than perhaps its name would suggest. Yes, we fly but we also save lives, provide mission critical intelligence, and build systems that deliver decisive advantage. With operations in the UK, US, Middle East and Hong Kong a career with us can offer travel, personal growth opportunities and the ability for long-term progression in a fast paced and dynamic service industry.

/ More about the role:

You would be the focal point for external customers, internal customers and stakeholders during the planning, initiation and full cycle of the project. Assisting the Head of Part M Services, Head of Delivery, Airline Projects Program Manager and Head of Airworthiness Consultancy with the delivery of projects across the business.

There is scope to develop existing processes and recommend solutions to ensure we are leading the way to set best practice industry standards in the delivery of CAMO services.

/ Primary Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage assigned projects through to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Manage customer, stakeholder relationships and project plans, ensuring regular updates, escalations and potential changes are reported in an effective and timely manner.
• Collaborating with sales and working with the customer on defining requirements and managing ongoing change requests.
• Working with subject matter experts to collate resource estimates.
• The development, ownership and implementation of project management plans, schedules, risk registers and other associated tools.
• Proving internal and external reporting including schedules, financial and quality performance.
• Ensure resource availability is clearly defined, allocated and regularly monitored.
• Develop and manage robust project templates to assist with project deployment and bid assessments, ensuring routine projects can be managed to the pre-agreed plan; whilst ensuring the cost, schedules and risks are maintained.
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs.
• Delivering briefs to the management team along with providing assistance in the preparation of briefs and presentations to the end customer.
• Providing robust project governance in line with internal processes and industry best practice.

/ Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

/ Essential:

• Experience as a Project Manager within an Engineering environment.
• Experience managing multiple projects concurrently .
• Prior working experience as a project administrator
• Intermediate to Advanced working knowledge of Excel
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of commercial and contract negotiation processes.
• Experience defining and agreeing clear client requirements
• Experience agreeing resource estimates.

/ Advantageous:

Formal project management qualifications are highly desirable such as Prince 2 or APMP or PMQ.

• Proficient in MS Project.
• Knowledge of Aviation sector would be beneficial.
• Basic concepts of Aircraft deliveries and workflows.

/ Location

The role offers a choice between hybrid or 100% office-based working from our Haywards Heath offices.

/ Benefits include:

• Competitive salary & commission structure.
• Group Pension Scheme – up to 5% contributions matched
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Travel Insurance
• Private Healthcare (after probation)
• Discounts at popular retailers

Due to the quantity of applications received, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 20 working days of submitting your application, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.