Heavy Maintenance Technical Standards & Compliance Engineer

Ryanair Ltd.; Bentfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ryanair Ltd. is seeking a highly skilled Heavy Maintenance Technical Standards & Compliance Engineer to work on-site at Stansted Airport.

The role involves overseeing technical standards for heavy maintenance inputs across Ryanair's growing fleet of 737NG, 737MAX, and A320 families, with regular overseas travel to collaborate with MROs. The successful candidate will review contractor work standards, drive continuous improvement, and ensure safety and compliance across contracted providers.

Qualifications

• Heavy/base maintenance experience with Boeing and/or Airbus aircraft types.
• Detailed working knowledge of EASA Part CAMO and Part 145 regulations.
• Engineering degree or EASA/UK Part 66 AML.
• Must have right to live and work in the UK and travel within Europe.
• Desirable: senior mechanic or certifying staff experience in airline engineering or MRO.

Responsibilities

• Carry out independent reviews of technical standards at contracted MROs.
• Identify improvement opportunities in supplier processes and Ryanair interfaces.
• Benchmark industry best practice and drive changes across contracted providers.
• Review audit findings and ensure CAPA plans are implemented.
• Review safety and maintenance reports and identify trends for action.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Aviation regulatory knowledge

EASA Part 145 knowledge

Part 66 AML knowledge

UK work rights

Education

Engineering degree

EASA Part CAMO/Part 66 AML

Job description

Heavy Maintenance Technical Standards & Compliance Engineer

Heavy Maintenance Technical Standards & Compliance Engineer

On-site

Full time

Overview

Description

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

• 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