Head of Design Organisation & Chief of the Office of Airworthiness (Part 21)

• Ensuring all design activities are performed to the required standards.

• Ensuring the design organization is continuously in compliance with the requirements of the Design Management System.

• Ensuring the Design Organization is continuously in compliance with procedures specified in the Design Organization Handbook (DOH).

• Controlling and allocating work and personnel within the design organization.

• Determining the necessary resources for the proper functioning of the design organization.

• Ensure that the design organization properly discharges its responsibilities in accordance with the appropriate regulations of EASA Part-21 and its terms of approval.

• Overall technical responsibility for the design organisation’s design engineering deliverables.

• Continued airworthiness support and safety of the product designed, changed or repaired by the design organisation.

• Reviewing and ensuring the adequacy of the on-going training requirements for staff.

• Creating and maintaining of records of design staff.

• Developing and disseminating a safety policy and safety objectives.Creating and adequately resourcing the SMS program.

• Specifying roles, responsibilities and accountabilities of the management team in relation to safety.

• Implementing Safety Management Systems that will establish and maintain safe work practices.

• Ensuring that all elements in sections of the DOH are carried out.

• Classification of Changes.

• The Compliance Verification of all design work.

• Communication with the Agency on all aspects of airworthiness.

• Authorizing Compliance Verification Engineers.

• Authorizing drawing and document checkers.

• Conducting a Compliance Review upon completion of a certification programme.

• Upon successful completion of the Compliance Review, signing the Minor Change Approval Certificate when satisfied that all certification and environmental protection requirements have been met.

• Review and amendment of the DOH.

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in a responsible position (e.g. as CVE, Project Manager, etc.) in the aviation sector.

• Proven knowledge of the relevant Part-21 requirements.

• Thorough knowledge of the relevant certification specifications.

• Management skills (leadership, organisation, social competence).

• Highly attentive to detail.

• Being a team player.

• Good command of spoken and written Maltese and English.

• Competitive salary.

• Private health insurance.

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