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Airworthiness And Safety Manager

Bristol
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Airworthiness and Safety Manager

Permanent role

Based in Bristol

Offering circa £75,000

Do you have DAOS experience?

Do you have experience in Airworthiness and Safety Management?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Airworthiness and Safety Manager, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

You will be acting as an expert within this field to develop and implement engineering policy and processes to ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.

You will be involved in:

Develop, implement, and maintain all safety and environmental engineering policies, processes and supporting documentation to ensure governance and compliance
Implement and maintain a safety and environmental audit programme across all projects to satisfy the contractual requirements in Def Stan 00-55/6
Oversee the development of project Safety and Environmental artefacts including, Safety and Environmental Management Plans (SEMPs), Hazard Logs, Safety & Environmental Case Reports (SECRs)
Work with project teams to develop and implement statutory and contractual Safety and Environmental requirements for solutions prior to System Requirements Reviews
Identification of Opportunities for Improvement (OFI) and recommending solutions for incorporation into both the engineering processes and wider business processes
Identify and arrange training to ensure all Safety & Environmental engineers remain current and competent in their role
Fulfil the responsibilities for Airworthiness in a DAOS organization as defined in MAA Regulatory Articles 1014 and 5850.
Provide airworthiness expertise and support to Air System and related projects that fall outside the scope of the DAOS approval

Your skillset may include:

Expert knowledge of safety and environmental management in the context of Defence products
Experience with common system safety and environmental tools, techniques and processes
Experience in the Defence and/or Aerospace industries
Experience within the MoD acquisition organisation
Previous holder of formal safety and/or airworthiness delegation
Experience of the design lifecycle, responsibility for design reviews, and independent compliance verification
Detailed working knowledge of defence and aerospace design & development standards

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Airworthiness and Safety Manager

Permanent role

Based in Bristol

Offering circa £75,000

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission

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