Compliance and Safety Specialist

Ryanair; Ightham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and pension

Career development and growth

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Ryanair is seeking a Compliance and Safety Specialist to join the Heavy Maintenance team at Stansted, UK. You will oversee independent reviews of technical standards at contracted MROs, ensuring compliance with EASA CAMO and Part 145 requirements, while driving best practices across Ryanair's heavy maintenance providers.

The role involves regular overseas travel, building strong relationships with suppliers, and contributing to Ryanair's industry-leading safety standards across a growing fleet

Qualifications

• Heavy/base maintenance experience on large aircraft fleets.
• Knowledge of EASA Part CAMO and Part 145 regulations.
• Engineering degree or equivalent AML qualification required.
• Right to live and work in the UK; ability to travel within Europe.

Responsibilities

• Carry out independent reviews of technical standards at contracted MROs.
• Identify opportunities for process and documentation improvements.
• Promote industry best practice across Ryanair contracted maintenance providers.
• Review audit findings and ensure corrective/preventive actions are implemented.
• Review safety reports, maintenance errors and near-miss reports.
• Identify trends and take appropriate action as required.

Skills

Heavy maintenance

Boeing & Airbus knowledge

Regulatory knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

EASA/UK Part 66 AML

Job description

Compliance and Safety Specialist On-site Heavy Maintenance Full time Stansted Mountfitchet, England, United Kingdom

Ryanair is looking for a highly skilled and experienced airline professional to work in a highly varied and dynamic environment within engineering.

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

The successful candidate should expect regular overseas travel to accomplish their duties.

This will involve building close relationships with Contracted MRO suppliers whilst overseeing Technical Standards for Heavy Maintenance inputs on the growing fleet of 737NG, 737MAX and A320 aircraft within the Ryanair Group of Airlines (Ryanair DAC, Buzz, Malta Air, Ryanair UK, Lauda Europe.) The role will give the successful candidate the opportunity to be part of a highly motivated and evolving team of likeminded professionals. Based at Stansted Airport, you will be part of the Heavy Maintenance team, responsible for ensuring that Ryanair maintains its industry leading safety standards across a broad range of contracted heavy maintenance providers.

Day to day, the successful candidate will be involved in the following:

• Carrying out independent reviews of technical standards of work accomplishment at contracted MRO organisations.
• Identifying opportunities for improvements both within the supplier processes and procedures and within the Ryanair interface agreement and other documentation.
• Identifying industry ‘best practice’ across the range of suppliers and driving change to bring all Ryanair contracted heavy maintenance organisations up to the highest standards.
• Reviewing customer audit findings and working with suppliers to ensure robust corrective and preventative action plans are implemented and enforced.
• Reviewing safety reports, maintenance errors and near miss reports.
• Identifying trends in reports and taking appropriate action as required.

Requirements

The ideal candidate:

• Will have heavy/base maintenance experience with Boeing and/or Airbus aircraft types.
• Will have detailed working knowledge of EASA Part CAMO and Part 145 regulations.
• Will have completed a degree in an engineering subject or hold an EASA or UK Part 66 AML.
• Must have the right to live and work in the UK and travel freely within Europe.
• Ideally you will have worked as a senior mechanic or certifying staff in an airline engineering and/or aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organisation (desirable).

Why Ryanair?

Benefits

• Competitive salary and pension.
• Opportunity to work in a collaborative and innovative environment with values individual excellence and teamwork. Play a critical role in shaping and elevating the company’s engineering practices.
• Career development and growth opportunities

Competencies

• Product Knowledge
• Job Knowledge
• Results Focus