Compliance Monitoring Manager

Business Unit:
Maintenance & Repair Europe

AEM Limited has been Europe's leading independent overhaul and repair facility for more than 60 years. The company has a solid reputation in the aerospace industry for providing a broad range of services to international and regional airlines, helicopter operators and airframe manufacturers.

We are currently looking for a Compliance Monitoring Manager for our Quality team at Ramsgate.

• Ensuring that the activities of the organisation are monitored for compliance with the applicable requirements and that these activities are carried out properly under the supervision of the nominated persons.
• Establishing regular meetings with the QEHS Director and Accountable Manager to appraise the effectiveness of Compliance Monitoring, including details of any reported discrepancy not adequately addressed.
• Monitoring the amendment of the organisation’s procedures and standard practices and their compliance with Part‑145 and other regulatory requirements.
• Documenting processes, procedures, local instructions and forms for the company.
• Responsible for adherence to all industry, quality regulations.
• Issue / renewal / cancellation of Part‑145 certifying staff, support staff and individual authorisations.
• Management of the stamp authorisation control system for Ramsgate.
• Ensure employees have appropriate training and competence for their role.
• Support the Safety Manager with product and system failure investigations and provide corrective and preventive actions.
• Management of the warranty process, logging root cause, corrective and preventive actions of all occurrences.
• All warranty claims and subsequent corrective actions are reviewed at the Quarterly Quality Review.
• Management of the internal occurrence system, logging root cause and corrective actions and plotting the monthly trend.
• Reportable occurrences: the CMM reports conditions and faults that could endanger aircraft using the ECCAIRS2 web portal.
• Coordinate action on airworthiness occurrences and initiate investigations and follow‑up activities.

• Develop and implement calibration strategies aligned with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Support the Calibration Engineer with maintaining a calibration schedule for all measurement equipment.
• Ensure compliance with UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 and other relevant standards.
• Supervise the calibration engineer, including training and competency development.
• Set performance objectives and conduct regular reviews.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.
• Manage calibration procedures and ensure they are technically valid and up to date.
• Support management of investigations and resolve non‑conformances related to measurement equipment.
• Approve procurement of new measurement equipment and calibration standards.

• Experience working in UK CAA / EASA 145 maintenance with tasks related to maintenance and/or continuing airworthiness management.
• Basic understanding of engineering principles.
• Understanding of policies and procedures; proven ability to communicate and lead and successfully deliver improvement initiatives.
• Internal auditing experience.
• Problem‑solving and root‑cause investigation techniques.

• Relevant engineering or technical degree or an engineering qualification.
• Safety training including human factors.
• Internal auditor certification.
• Root cause analysis training.
• Knowledge of hazard identification and risk management.
• UK CAA / EASA 145 regulations knowledge.

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to work well in multidisciplinary/cross‑functional teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with outside agencies.
• Strong analytical, administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong communication and reporting skills.
• Well‑organised and self‑motivated.