Aerospace Regulatory Expert

21 hours ago


Calgary, Alberta, Canada Dehavilland Full time

Overview

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited is a renowned aerospace company with a rich history of innovation and quality. With a global presence, we are committed to delivering exceptional products and services that meet the highest standards.

Salary: CAD $120,000 - $180,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Job Description

The Director, Airworthiness plays a critical role in ensuring the safety and airworthiness of our aircraft. This position is responsible for implementing, operating, and maintaining the Airworthiness Control System (ACS), Design Approval Organization (DAO) and Safety Management System (SMS) within the Engineering function.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Technical Leadership: Lead the day-to-day operations of the De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Design Approval Organization (DAO) on behalf of the Head of the DAO, ensuring sufficient DAD coverage and up-to-date DAO practices and procedures.
  2. Certification and Validation: Lead Transport Canada certification and foreign validation activities for all new and changed De Havilland Canada Type Designs, including Supplemental Type Designs.
  3. Continuing Airworthiness: Lead the De Havilland Canada Continuing Airworthiness processes.
  4. Regulatory Affairs: Support regulatory activities associated with aircraft delivery, operation, and training.
  5. Regulatory Interface: Lead all regulatory interface with Transport Canada on matters of design approval, continuing airworthiness, DAO performance, and SMS for Design.
  6. Safety Risk Management: Ensure Safety Risk Management, Safety Assurance, and Safety Promotion activities are being executed in line with the SMS framework.
  7. Audit and Oversight: Conduct effective oversight/audit of the ACS, DAO, and SMS for design.
  8. Strategic Roadmap: Develop a strategic roadmap for the increasing maturity of SMS within Engineering.
  9. Type Certificate Holder: Ensure De Havilland continues to fulfill all responsibilities as a Type Certificate Holder.

Technical Competency:

  1. Process Validation: Validates technical processes to meet Best Practice.
  2. Adherence to Practices: Enforce adherence to De Havilland Engineering System practices and Knowledge Standards to promote product line integrity and consistency.
  3. Industry Research: Research technical developments in the industry to remain aware of innovations that may affect and improve current design approval and safety system performance.
  4. Industry and Regulatory Developments: Share Industry and Regulatory Developments at company level.
  5. Regulatory Guidance: Provide Regulatory guidance to Programs.
  6. Safety Team Collaboration: Works with the Safety team to execute A/C Level Safety, Reliability, and Security processes.
  7. Multidisciplinary Alignment: Multi-disciplinary alignment for Certification Programs, Triage, Corrective Action Review Board (CARB), and Aircraft on Ground (AOG) issues when necessary.
  8. Strategic Direction: Impacts other Functional Units' strategic directions/vision.
  9. Process Improvement: Proposes new work processes and/or technical innovations.
  10. Initiative and Judgement: Initiative and judgement recognizing implications of experimental results on other problems.
  11. New Approaches: Devises new approaches applying existing criteria in novel ways to improve efficiency.
  12. Specialized Advice: Participates in deep-dive and provides specialized advice for solving broad technical problems, utilizing the Problem-Solving Methodology.
  13. Final Technical Authority: Functions as a final technical authority/advisor.
  14. Leadership Development: Provides technical leadership, coaching, mentoring, and training to teams of professionals and technologists.

Qualifications:

  1. Bachelor's or Master's Degree: Bachelor or master's degree in engineering.
  2. Experience: 15 years or more of relevant experience in a specific aerospace engineering field.
  3. Regulatory Framework: Basic understanding of the regulatory framework within which Transport Canada, FAA, and EASA operate.
  4. Type Certification Process: Knowledge of the type certification process, the corrective action process, and the procedures of the Design Approval Organization.
  5. SMS Regulations: Knowledgeable of SMS-related regulations and international standards.
  6. Risk Management Principles: Mastered risk management principles and tools.
  7. Field Expertise: Possess advanced knowledge in a specific field and a breadth of knowledge of many management systems.
  8. Regulatory Delegate: May perform as a regulatory authority delegate in the field of expertise.

Note: At De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC), we are committed to protecting our people, customers, shareholders, and the public through Health & Safety Excellence. As such, it is expected that all employees maintain strict adherence to Health & Safety Policies and to perform key physical tasks of the position described in the job description and interview process.



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