Airworthiness Manager Job Abu Dhabi area,UAE/Dubai,Engineering

Job Description:

The Manager Airworthiness (MA) is a nominated post holder (Head of Airworthiness) of the Design Organization and manages all matters of airworthiness associated with the design activities and ensures compliance with all relevant procedures as defined in the company’s Design Organisation Handbook (DOH), Design Organisation Procedures (DOP) and Technical Procedures Manual (TPM). The MA is responsible for the definition and implementation of all planned design assurance actions throughout the development process, from start of the design activity to Continued Airworthiness actions post implementation.
The MA reports to the Head of the Design Organisation post holder for matters related to P21J approval.

Responsibilities

To monitor the activities of the Design Organisation and advise the Head of the Design Organisation for all matters of airworthiness associated with the design activities.
To monitor new regulations and guidance materials issued by the Agency and ensure the Design Organisation staff is updated accordingly.
To ensure procurement and distribution of applicable certification specifications, environmental protection and operational suitability data requirements and other specifications and standards as required.
To ensure DOH, DOP and TPM are amended as necessary, and copies of the amendments are supplied to the Agency in a timely manner.
To cooperate with the Agency in developing procedures to be used for the certification process.
To liaise directly with the Agency for the interpretation of airworthiness and certification matters and requesting decisions of the Agency if in doubt.
To ensure that all design activities performed are within the terms of approval as specified in the design organisation approval certificate.
To ensure the classification of the changes and repairs designed by the organisation is correct and approve it.
To check that all compliance documents are prepared as necessary to demonstrate compliance with regulations, as well as for completeness, and signing for release of the documents.
To approve minor changes to type certificate and minor repairs.
To submit major change data (including AFM, MEL, OSD, etc.) to the Agency to acquire Supplemental Type Certificate.
To ensure that the products of the Design Organisation can be monitored for continued airworthiness.
To provide to the Agency on a regular basis a report of design activities performed by the Design Organisation.
To ensure design data archive and staff records are maintained and controlled by the Office of Airworthiness.
To validate the annual training plan and the competence assessment results for all design organization personnel to ensure compliance with the applicable regulations and company procedures.
To develop and deliver specific trainings for DO staff.
To interview candidate Design Engineers and Compliance Verification Engineers for nomination.
To manage the Design Organisation contractor/subcontractor monitoring program by ensuring the initial and surveillance desk or on-site audits are performed and related interface agreement is signed.
To facilitate internal and external audits; to investigate any non-compliance finding and to ensure prompt corrective actions to remedy any safety, quality or compliance deficiencies and monitor the effectiveness of the corrective action plans.
To ensure initiation of activities as a response to a failure (accident / incident / in-service occurrence), evaluation and complaints from the operation and providing of information to the Agency in case of airworthiness or operational suitability impairment and advising the Agency with regard to the issue of Airworthiness Directives based on Service Bulletins.
To monitor significant events on other aeronautical…