Safety and Repair Station Quality Lead

Boeing; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Boeing is seeking a Safety and Repair Station Quality Lead in London to spearhead the implementation of Aviation SMS across global MROs. This critical position will drive compliance, perform safety investigations, and develop best practice strategies for performance excellence, ensuring regulatory standards are met.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in an Aviation Safety role.
• Safety Investigator qualification with experience in conducting investigations.
• Knowledge of EASA, CAA, and FAA regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the SMS implementation and support across international MROs.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and safety management documentation.
• Monitor implementation of safety action plans and provide periodic safety reports.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Data analysis

Education

Formal SMS qualification

Safety Investigator qualification

Tools

QPulse

Job description

Safety and Repair Station Quality Lead

Company:

Boeing United Kingdom Limited

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Boeing United Kingdom Limited as a Safety and Repair Station Quality lead.

We are looking to hire a very experienced Aviation Safety Management System (SMS) Lead with an extensive background in Airplane Line Maintenance and/or Heavy/Base Maintenance and/or Aircraft Modification and/or SMS.

This is in support of global MROs Repair Stations and our ongoing work statement; the successful candidate will lead the SMS implementation and support across international MROs and serve as the centralized resource for Part145 Accountable managers.

The candidate will establish a community of best practice to include development of a clear strategy standards and roadmap to performance excellence for BGSs global repair station.

They will need to successfully be accepted by EASA (and other regulators) as a Nominated Person (previously called Form4 Holder). This is a critical role to support our continued growth and success.

Note: This is not an Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) focused role but rather an Aviation SMS focused one.

Position Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be report to the global Boeing Quality SMS lead and will work alongside various MRO Compliance Managers and Accountable Executives as well as other key functions with the following:

• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements such as:

• Facilitate hazard identification risk assessment and management.

• Monitor the implementation of actions taken to mitigate risks as listed in the safety action plan unless action followup is addressed by the compliance monitoring function.

• Provide periodic reports on safety performance to the safety review board.

• Ensure the maintenance of safety management documentation.

• Ensure that there is safety training available and that it meets acceptable standards.

• Provide advice on safety matters.

• Ensure the initiation and followup of internal occurrence investigations.

• Oversight of maintenance activities from a Regulatory Safety perspective.

• Lead and integrate the Safety Management function by engaging in multifunction multisite groups that develop company directives policies processes procedures and metrics to assure program contract customer regulatory requirements international standards and working agreements are deployed.

• Lead stakeholders in analysis of safety related process data metrics models and flows to identify root cause of complex problems and development and implementation of preventative or corrective actions.

• Serve as the Key Centralized resource for Part145 AMO information working cross functionally with Accountable Mangers and stakeholder to clearly define roles and responsibilities links to regulatory material appointment process Part145 org structure.

• Established the BGS Repair Station community of best practice to drive toward performance excellence.

• Provide comprehensive assessment of all activities that ensure continued airworthiness of customer aircraft.

• Review company systems policies and procedures and make recommendations to management team.

• Review and present findings and concerns with the appropriate personnel or representatives of suppliers or service providers.

• Maintain Hazard/Risk Register(s).

• Review and investigate accident reports occurrence reports risk reports and noncompliances to the required level and ensure appropriate corrective and preventative actions are taken.

• Ensure adequate actions (including corrective and/or preventative actions) are implemented planned or accomplished where required.

• Monitor occurrence reports and review trends.

• Communicate SMS report trends to management team.

• Evaluate closing activities associated with Air Safety Mandatory Occurrence Reports and internal or external investigations.

• Support liaison with regulatory authorities to resolve regulatory quality and safety matters.

• Supports stakeholders in analysis of process data metrics models and flows to identify root cause of complex problems and support development and implementation of preventative or corrective actions.

• Supports research compilation and analysis of performance reports and process control statistics to continuously improve product/process quality.

• Supports analysis of data to provide material review dispositions for complex nonconforming materials parts and equipment.

• Review company systems policies and procedures and make recommendations to management team.

• Working as part of a local and wider team (Boeing and/or customer).

Required Qualifications:

• Formal SMS qualification with 3 years of experience.

• Safety Investigator qualification with experience conducting safety investigations over several years.

• 5 years of experience in an Aviation Safety role.

• Knowledge of applicable European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and/or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regulations.

• Experience working with Regulators and Customers and interpreting their requirements and expectations for Safety.

• Excellent communication skills & good teamwork.

• Must be willing to travel as required.

• Must be willing to apply for and be able to successfully receive an LGW Airport airside access pass.

• Must have right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

Additional Qualifications:

• Qualified and experienced Human Factors trainer.

• SMS Subject Matter Expert (SME) recognition.

• Extensive experience in implementing assessing overseeing SMS in MRO/CAMO.

• Training in Safety Risk Management and experience in using and facilitating the creation BowTies.

• Auditing qualification / experience.

• 5 years of experience in a Line/Heavy/Base Maintenance and/or Airplane Modification environment.

• Knowledge of workplace and operational safety an advantage.

• Experience of using QPulse (compliance management system) an advantage.

• Experience data mining analyzing data and presenting findings.

• Experience working with Safety (or Quality) Corrective Action/Preventative Action Root Cause Corrective Actions.

• A flexible and proactive attitude with a willingness to take on and complete tasks whatever they may be.

• Experience of developing/producing metrics.

Work Authorization: This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the United Kingdom. Boeing will not attempt to obtain Immigration and Labour sponsorship for any applicants.

Relocation: This position does not offer relocation. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Not Applicable

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance:

This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Day Shift (United Kingdom)

Key Skills
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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1