Airworthiness Officer

Gama Aviation Plc; Haywards Heath; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic aviation services company is seeking an Airworthiness Officer in Haywards Heath. This role offers exposure to all aspects of airworthiness management across Fixed Wing and Rotary aircraft. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong administration skills and a keen desire to learn. Responsibilities include tracking maintenance items, processing completed maintenance, and coordinating tasks to ensure compliance. The role is suitable for individuals looking to start a career in Aviation. A hybrid working policy is included among other benefits.

Benefits

Great Work-Life Balance

Competitive Group Pension Scheme

Comprehensive Private Healthcare

Investment in Training and Professional Development

2 Paid Volunteering Days

Qualifications

• Experience in an office environment completing various administrative tasks.
• A proactive mindset with a reliable and flexible approach is essential.
• Ability to manage complex instructions and understand requirements.

Responsibilities

• Track maintenance items and ensure timely planning and compliance.
• Plan/Coordinate maintenance tasks and communicate with stakeholders.
• Process completed maintenance and update myairopscam system.

Skills

Strong organisation and prioritisation skills

Experience completing administration duties

IT literate with MS Office experience

Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Degree, apprenticeship or equivalent in aviation and/or aircraft engineering

Job description

/Position:Airworthiness Officer
/Location:Haywards Heath
/Working Hours:Full time, 40 hours per week

Overview

Are you a highly organised individual who is known for strong administration and co-ordination skills? Would you enjoy being part of a successful Engineering business? Gama Aviation are looking to add to our team which comprises of energetic, talented and customer focused individuals. We are seeking Airworthiness Officers who will help support our team to maintain and grow our enviable reputation that makes us our customers’ CAMO of choice.

You do not need previous experience within Aviation, we are looking for an individual who can demonstrate strong co-ordination skills and a desire to learn from our amazing team!

This is an exciting position whereby you will have exposure to all aspects of the company’s day to day continued airworthiness responsibilities across Fixed Wing and Rotary aircraft. You will provide technical administration support, ensuring compliance with the company’s Continued Airworthiness Management Exposition (CAME) and the regulations produced by EASA and the UK CAA and other applicable Regulatory Authorities under whose registers the company operates aircraft.

The Airworthiness Officer position is suitable for individuals who are keen to build a career within Aviation. No previous Continuing Airworthiness Management experience is required, however experience completing a variety of administration tasks and an interest in engineering are the key ingredients for success within this role.

/About us:

Gama Aviation is a hugely diverse business that offers much more than perhaps its name would suggest. Yes, we fly but we also save lives, provide mission critical intelligence, and build systems that deliver decisive advantage. With operations in the UK, US, Middle East and Hong Kong a career with us can offer travel, personal growth opportunities and the ability for long-term progression in a fast paced and dynamic service industry.

FlyerTech, the UK’s first independently approved Continuing Airworthiness Management organisation, takes pride in caring for the Continuing Airworthiness Management needs of our many and varied globally based prestigious clients. As part of the Gama Aviation Group, we apply accuracy and detail to our records, understanding that this pays dividends during future transactions in terms of speed and negotiation leverage.

We wouldn’t be able to do what we do on a day-to-day basis without our highly talented team of experts, promoting a highly collaborative environment and providing the tools our employees need to succeed in their role, develop their knowledge and expand their skill set. If you’ve got the right attitude and the desire to succeed, we can help you build your career within an exciting and fast paced industry.

Main Responsibilities

• Track maintenance items and ensure timely planning and compliance.
• Plan/Coordinate maintenance tasks for inputs (e.g., defining the requirements, creating, and checking the work pack, communicate with stakeholders).
• Support the maintenance input during its course and resolve queries.
• Process completed maintenance (e.g., tally sheet, component changes, incomplete maintenance, compliance) and update myairopscam system.
• Support and resolve internal queries from other departments and external queries (e.g., NAA, customers).
• AD/SB assessments, creating Engineering Orders.
• Damage and repair assessments, updating of damage and repair charts.
• Major and Minor Modification assessments.
• Supporting aircraft transaction projects.
• There may be requirements to travel on occasion.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required

Essential:

• Experience completing a range of administration duties within an office environment.
• Able to demonstrate strong organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to manage complex instructions and understand the requirements and actions needed.
• IT literate with experience of using MS Office applications.
• Good team player, hunger to learn and confident, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Well organised, with good attention to detail and high levels of intrinsic motivation that manifests itself in a ‘can do’ attitude
• Proactive mindset with a reliable and flexible approach
• IT literate with experience of using MS Office applications.

Advantageous:

• Experience within an engineering environment.
• Experience or interest in Aviation.
• Possess a degree, apprenticeship or equivalent in aviation and/or aircraft engineering

/In addition to a Competitive Salary, we will offer you:

• Great Work-Life Balance with our Hybrid Working Policy – 3 days in the office, 2 days from home (post probation/completion of Airworthiness Competency Review)
• Competitive Group Pension Scheme
• Comprehensive Life Assurance *
• Comprehensive Income Protection *
• Comprehensive Travel Insurance *
• Comprehensive Private Healthcare (after successful passing of probation) *
• Free Car Parking
• 2 Paid Volunteering Days each calendar year (subject to line manager approval)
• Investment in Training, Qualifications and Professional Development

*(Subject to insurance underwriting)

Due to the volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 20 working days then your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.