Chief Engineer - Base Maintenance (Bournemouth)
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The Role
We are currently recruiting for a Chief Engineer of Base Maintenance. The Chief Engineer reports to the Aircraft Maintenance Manager (AMM) and is responsible for the professional management of the assigned Maintenance function of the Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) in accordance with all applicable Aviation Regulatory Requirements and International Standards.
Key Responsibilities
Aviation Regulatory Responsibility & Ownership
Applicable Aviation Regulation Regulators, but not limited to:
EASA • UK CAA • UK MAA
Ensuring that the Maintenance activities completed by assigned Maintenance function always complies with all applicable Aviation Regulations.
Ensuring that the assigned Maintenance function only performs maintenance work on aircraft or components within the boundaries of the privileges/scope of the Aviation Regulatory Approvals held, and as identified in the respective Regulatory Approval Certificates and Expositions.
Represent the maintenance management structure of the assigned Maintenance function and be responsible for all relevant activities specified in all applicable Aviation Regulations.
Ensure that the assigned Maintenance facilities used for the performance of planned aircraft or component maintenance complies with the requirements of all applicable Aviation Regulations.
Ensure that an active maintenance man-hour plan always remains in place, indicating that the assigned Maintenance function has sufficient competent staff to plan, perform and supervise all aircraft maintenance in accordance with all applicable Aviation Regulatory Approvals.
Ensuring that the assigned Maintenance function shall have available, and use, the necessary equipment, and tools to perform the approved scope of work.
Ensuring that all tools, equipment and particularly test equipment, as appropriate, are controlled and calibrated according to an officially recognised standard at a frequency to ensure serviceability and accuracy.
Ensuring that the assigned Maintenance function hold, or have access to, and use only applicable and current approved maintenance data in the performance of all maintenance, including modifications and repairs.
Ensuring that the assigned Maintenance function have a production planning system in place appropriate to the amount and complexity of work, to plan the availability of all necessary personnel, tools, equipment, material, maintenance data and facilities in order to ensure the safe completion of all maintenance work.
Ensuring that a Certificate of Release to Service is issued by appropriately authorised staff, on behalf of the assigned Maintenance function, when it has been verified that all maintenance has been properly performed in accordance with approved maintenance data and Company procedures.
Ensuring that all details of all maintenance work performed is always accurately recorded in the aircraft airworthiness documentation.
Supporting the AMM and OM-AM with performing technical investigations in support Safety Occurrence Report Management.
Supporting the AMM and OM-AM with the management of Audit Non-Conformances and Safety.
Experience / skills / qualifications
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