Role Introduction
Reports to: Quality Manager Engineering
In Engineering, our primary focus is on safety and maintaining industry-leading performance across all operational facets, ensuring that our fleet programs meet or exceed planned expectations in terms of budget, schedule, and specifications.
Our Engineering team aspires to rank among the worlds top-performing, customer-oriented, and innovative engineering groups. The role of the Lead Quality and Airworthiness Engineer is pivotal in this context. This position is responsible for overseeing and ensuring compliance with regulatory and airworthiness requirements. The role entails driving continuous business improvement to achieve safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operations. This strategic position supports our mission to uphold the highest standards of safety and efficiency in our engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities
The Quality and Airworthiness section is responsible for Engineering activities related to
airworthiness, safety, compliance of all aircraft types operated by Cathay Pacific Airways and its customer airlines
The Lead Quality and Airworthiness Engineer is responsible for overseeing and governing the compliance regulatory and airworthiness requirements
Responsible for:
- Effectively liaising with authorities on related quality, safety and compliance matters
- Effectively conducting audits for Engineering, Line Stations, third party contractors specialized audits such as IFQP, De-icing as required
- Providing QA support for local and overseas heavy maintenance inputs, perform aircraft hangar / ramp surveillance as required
- Leading and conducting investigation on all Engineering accountable Safety occurrences and performing Safety Data Analysis for Safety Management System Program.
- Overseas travel as required by job duty
- Acquiring and maintaining the required approvals and privileges responsible by the Engineering organisation
- Effectively supporting the renewal of Aircraft Certificates of Airworthiness
- Effectively maintaining systems of quality assurance, audit and surveillance to ensure aircrafts and equipment, wherever situated, are maintained in accordance with the approved standards
- Providing out of hours support for the operation (applicable to appointed individual as duty QA engineer which is a safety sensitive role)
Requirements
- Engineering degree or Aircraft Maintenance Licence (or equivalent)
- Typically 8 years of relevant experience
- Proven experience in supervising and managing projects and cross functional teams
- Detailed aircraft knowledge and approval holder on majority of Cathay Pacific and its customers airline
- Excellent in communication, influencing and negotiation skills with service providers and customers
- Excellent analytical mind and problem solving skills to drive for excellence and quality performance
- Adaptable and responsive to change. Demonstrate ability to drive change and improvement
- Highly motivated and committed to drive for continuous improvement
Personal & Application Information
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