UK MRO Safety and Compliance Manager

We invite applications to apply for MRO Safety & Compliance Manager UK based in Aberdeen.

OVERALL PURPOSE OF ROLE: (brief overview of key focus of position)

This is a regional, vitally important role to maintaining and continuously improving Bristow Group’s compliance across the multi discipline areas of aviation regulation, health, safety and environmental performance. 

This role will be responsible for implementing and monitoring policies and procedures to meet regulatory requirements and support the Bristow Target Zero goals of no harm to people or the environment across all UK MRO Certificates (Part 145, Part 21, Part CAMO and Part 147). 

The role requires high motivation, safety consciousness with an ability to work effectively within the disciplined regional team, with competence to make decisions from own initiative. Experienced in compliance within aviation, good communicator, considerate of global cultures to compliance, complimenting regional and specific issues and expected to travel within the region.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Tasks

• Implementing and supporting a programme of monitoring and auditing (Aviation Management Systems) to provide a high level of safety and compliance assurance:
• Monitoring and enhancing the aviation management system (MS).
• Ensure appropriate actions are undertaken for identifying, reporting and correcting safety issues and for the initiation and monitoring of preventive action measures to support continuous safety improvement.
• Reviewing and reporting on compliance with MS policies, procedures, and regulatory standards, ensuring safety issues are reported to the Nominated Persons and Accountable Manager(s) in a timely manner.
• Manage the Certificates event investigation process and conduct Safety Investigations when required.
• Facilitating the Safety Review Board and the Nominated Person Safety Action Groups (SAGs).
• Promote a Just Culture at all times.
• Provide detailed reports and analysis of identified or reported safety issues or trends as required for the Nominated Persons Safety Action Groups and Accountable Manager(s)
• Management of the Safety reports assessing for trends, Elevated Events and mandatory occurrence reports (MORs).
• Monitor and report on safety targets for all areas of operation and ensure that appropriate safety performance improvement plans are being implemented across the MRO.
• Support the on-going review of the management system to evaluate its effectiveness and ensuring that improvements are made where required.
• Implement and overseeing compliance monitoring with all relevant regulation, requirements, policies and procedures for UK activities.
• Determining the effectiveness of the company’s compliance management system in achieving the declared business quality objectives
• Identification of risk and risk ownership through internal auditing.
• Verify follow-up actions for effectiveness of implemented improvements. Serve as the focal point for Compliance related issues and the dissemination of information with associated feedback and tracking.
• Provide compliance oversight of contracted and sub contracted suppliers.
• Plan and control the audit cycle within the UK MRO Certificates to meet regulatory and client requirements and meet UK KPIs.
• The formulation and control of compliance alert circulars
• The preparation of information for the quarterly SAGs for duty holders in engineering (Pt 145, Pt CAMO and Pt 21J, Part 147) disciplines.
• Ensure the provision of high-quality training in auditing skills, investigation, data analysis for safety leadership and frontline employees.
• Providing support and leadership, by example, to UK personnel and their managers.
• Oversee the Emergency Response planning to ensure the highest preparedness standards within the UK.
• Provide cover for the UK Operations Safety and Compliance Manager.
• Oversee the collection, analysis and reporting of trends reported through Audit findings, audit observations, Behaviour reports, Injury Reports, Air Safety Reports, Ground Safety Reports Maintenance Safety Reports and shared information from other regions and industry.
• Management of the compliance risk picture through analysis of data, audit findings and observations, including management walk rounds to develop a performance/risk auditing program.
• Provide actionable information on Compliance matters to the Accountable Manager(s) and leadership at all levels.
• Ensure strong liaison with Customers, regional and national regulatory bodies relating to compliance.
• Provide assistance to the UK Energy AOC/Bid Teams/Business Development to provide accurate and timely data and information about compliance performance in support of contract bids, client reviews and QPRs

PERSON SPECIFICATION: (minimum education requirements, key skills and experience)

Experience

• Must be acceptable to the CAA/EASA to hold CAA/EASA Form 4
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Compliance within the aviation sector or other complex industry
• Detailed knowledge/understanding of ISO, CAA and EASA regulations.
• Proven experience in one or more of the following aviation areas:
  • aircraft engineering
  • flight operations
  • ground operations
  • verification
  • Detailed understanding of Compliance requirements inclusive of:
  • Auditing
  • Audit Planning
  • Management of Findings
  • Data Analysis

• Detailed understanding of Aviation Management System requirements inclusive of:
  • Hazard Identification
  • Risk assessment, Risk management
  • Development of behavioural analysis and data transfer
  • Event investigation
  • Management of Change
  • Continuous improvement

• Managerial experience or leadership role with a willingness to develop skills further

• Customer/client focus in aviation
• Contract bid experience
• Experience with subcontractor control processes

Qualifications

• Desirable - recognized academic qualification undergraduate level or equivalent Safety Management Systems (SMS) Principles and Practices

or;

• understanding of the Quality Management System preferably with CQI/IRCA certification.
• Training in CAA/EASA regulation in air operations and continued airworthiness
• Lead Auditor qualification for ISO 9001:2015
• Incident/Accident investigation training and experience
• Human Factors Training

Skills

Demonstrate:

• Ability to communicate effectively across the organisation
• Effective leadership
• Persuasiveness
• Analytical ability
• Critical Reasoning
• Proactiveness
• Safety consciousness
• Ability to work on own or as part of a team
• Willingness to learn and develop new processes and practices
• Support for Company objectives to enable knowledge transfer to other

Please note that travel will be required as part of the role.

All applicants must be currently eligible to work and live in the UK. All Applicants should submit a CV.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we are unable to respond individually to all applications. Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be contacted directly. We would like to thank all applicants for the time and effort taken in applying.