Continuing Airworthiness Manager

CHC provides unmatched helicopter services that enable our customers to reach beyond – to work in remote and challenging destinations that limit others – and come home safely. We are dedicated to our purpose of getting our customers where they need to be, when they need to be there, anywhere in the world – safely and reliably. All you have to do is get on board!

At CHC, we pride ourselves on our values and culture:
Accountability: Take pride and ownership of our actions and results.
Collaboration: Working together with transparency and trust to drive continuous improvement.
Care: Creating a safe and sustainable environment for all.
Integrity: Doing what's right and fostering a culture of respect.
Excellence: Prioritizing quality services and setting industry standards.

We're Hiring:
Continuing Airworthiness (CAMO) Manager

Aberdeen, UK | Leadership | UK CAA Post Holder

CHC Helicopter is seeking an experienced Continuing Airworthiness leader to join our UK Leadership Team as Continuing Airworthiness (CAMO) Manager in Aberdeen.

Reporting to the Accountable Manager (Operations Director), the CAMO Manager leads the Aberdeen CAMO team and is the Nominated Person for Continuing Airworthiness for the Scotia AOC. This is a key leadership and regulatory role with direct responsibility for maintaining the highest standards of continuing airworthiness, safety and compliance across the operation.

You will lead the Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation, working across CHC to ensure the safe, compliant and effective management of the company fleet. You will provide strong technical leadership, make and oversee key airworthiness engineering decisions, and drive continuous improvement in CAMO processes, procedures and performance.

Working closely with Maintenance Planning, Part 145 organisations, subcontractors, design organisations, OEMs and internal stakeholders, you will ensure that continuing airworthiness requirements are effectively managed and that technical issues are resolved in a timely and robust manner.

You will also play an important role in developing the CAMO team, creating a collaborative environment and coaching and mentoring colleagues to build capability and deliver consistently high standards.

The successful candidate will be required to be acceptable to, and approved by, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) as the Nominated Person for Continuing Airworthiness for the Scotia AOC.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Nominated Person for Continuing Airworthiness for the Scotia AOC and ensure compliance with UK CAA regulations, Part CAMO, the CAME, Department Work Instructions and relevant Safety & Quality requirements.
• Lead the CAMO team and manage continuing airworthiness activities, including subcontracted airworthiness activities.
• Drive the safety, airworthiness, reliability and performance of the company fleet.
• Oversee the analysis and processing of Airworthiness Directives, Service Bulletins, Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness, repairs, modifications and equivalent technical requirements.
• Manage the review and development of aircraft maintenance programmes and the analysis of reliability data.
• Provide and oversee airworthiness engineering decisions in liaison with Maintenance Planning, Part 145 organisations and subcontract organisations.
• Maintain effective fleet configuration control and support standardisation and compliance across the fleet.
• Ensure timely and effective responses to technical queries, HUMS-related issues and requests for aircraft configuration or maintenance/operating procedure changes.
• Liaise with design organisations and OEMs regarding modifications and other Part 21 design support.
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