Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum dependent upon experience Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time Security Level: BPSS Visa Restrictions: This position does not offer visa sponsorship Location: ASSI Office, Crawley Town Centre Air Safety Support International Ltd (ASSI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Established in 2003, ASSI supports the development of civil aviation safety regulation in the UK Overseas Territories (OTs). Its mission is “To ensure, in an inclusive and sustainable manner, that the UK meets its international obligations in respect of aviation safety regulation within the UK Overseas Territories". The Role To audit / assess the safety of approved organisations and Departments of Civil Aviation (DCAs) based in the UK Overseas Territories (OTs) and to establish their compliance with the requirements of the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order and the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Environmental Standards) Order [both legislation hereafter referred to as The Orders], in line with Performance Based Oversight (PBO) principles. To develop and maintain policy material related to Airworthiness in the OTs. This material includes but is not limited to the published OT Aviation Requirements (OTARs) and guidance material in the form of OT Aviation Circulars (OTACs), inputting into the development of their legal basis in The Orders and ensuring and demonstrating compliance with airworthiness-related ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices. To act as a technical expert and to assist ASSI in achieving its overall objectives, such that the business needs and strategy are achieved using the tools and procedures available, which includes the use of Centrik, our audit management tool. To assist with the further development and implementation of PBO and to provide training, both internally and to the OTs, as necessary. Core Accountabilities <ul style="margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pt"> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develop and maintain policy for airworthiness, aircraft registration and associated subjects.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Review ICAO State Letter proposals affecting airworthiness and respond on behalf of the OTs, resolving any conflicting views.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain compliance information for ICAO Annexes 7, 8, 16 and others as allocated.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Work with the DCAs and airworthiness staff of the OTAAs to ensure smooth, consistent and timely implementation of OTARs.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Work with the Training Manager to design, plan and implement airworthiness training and technical assistance for regulatory staff of the Overseas Territories.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Conduct oversight of all airworthiness aspects of approved maintenance organisations OTAR 145, continued airworthiness organisations OTAR 39 including AOC and OTAR 125 approval holders’ airworthiness management, in order to be satisfied that they comply with the standards and requirements.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Perform surveys of aircraft and audit supporting documentation to verify conformity with the certification basis for a Certificate of Airworthiness and Permit to Fly aircraft.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Issue Type Acceptance Certificate, Certificates of Airworthiness, Permits to Fly and Export Certificates of Airworthiness.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Assess and approve aircraft maintenance and reliability programmes.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Assess the technical content of an operator’s Minimum Equipment List, to ensure compliance with requirements.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead, co-ordinate (or support) the evaluation of design changes to aircraft to ensure conformity with type design and safety standards.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain the registers of civil aircraft for which ASSI is responsible.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Oversee any necessary Personnel Licensing examinations required under OTAR Part 66.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Investigate or provide technical support for the investigation of Occurrence Reports and make recommendations to reduce the risk of future occurrences.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Conduct ramp checks of aircraft and operators.</li> </ul> Generic - Core accountabilities <ul style="margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pt"> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Participate in assessments of OTAAs to ensure that they are fit for purpose in-line with the ICAO PPQ and follow up to closure, deficiencies raised during the assessments.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Consider applications for approvals, permissions, exemptions and deviations.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage and undertake the research, production, and maintenance of the OTARs, OTACs and supporting technical procedures, coordinating with ASSI colleagues and OTAAs as appropriate.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Identify shortcomings in legislation and promote rectification action through the provision of technical solutions to legal specialists for the development of The Orders.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Undertake action, when required, in line with ASSI’s Enforcement policy and procedures.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Application of SMS and QMS systems, with a proportionate risk-based approach.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Investigate, or provide technical support for the investigation of, Occurrence Reports and make recommendations to reduce the risk of future occurrences.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develop and maintain policy for associated subjects.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Review relevant ICAO State Letter proposals and respond on behalf of the OTs, resolving any conflicting views.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain compliance information for relevant ICAO Annexes and others as allocated.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Work with the DCAs and staff of the OTAAs to ensure smooth, consistent and timely implementation of OTARs.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Work with the Training Manager to design, plan and implement training and technical assistance for regulatory staff of ASSI and the Overseas Territories.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide ad hoc support and advice to regulatory staff of the Overseas Territories.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Undertake at the discretion of ASSI management, such tasks, outside the jobholder’s normal area of technical expertise, as the job may occasionally demand.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide technical support to industry in order to ensure mitigating actions have been taken in regard to the investigation of, Occurrence Reports.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Represent Territories and ASSI at national and international forums in respect of the key responsibilities described above.</li> </ul> About You Specific <ul style="margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pt"> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Significant relevant experience in aircraft maintenance or manufacturing industry, ideally with an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s Licence preferably including experience outside the UK.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulatory experience of overseeing maintenance and continued airworthiness approvals, including SMS and QMS systems, with a proportionate risk-based approach.</li> </ul> Generic <ul style="margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pt"> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">A detailed knowledge of international aviation regulatory requirements and the aircraft / aviation industry.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Advanced knowledge of Information Technology namely Office 365 products especially Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Adept at regularly using information and workflow management systems, and able to quickly grasp new applications as necessary.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to operate in a wide range of cultural business environments at all levels.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Capable of using experience and making sound judgments, with an ability to think laterally to identify the wider implications of decisions making.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Able to challenge information, propositions or assumptions, often of a deep technical nature and across a range of disciplines, affecting safety.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal tactfully, diplomatically and authoritatively with people at all levels.</li> <li style="margin:3.0pt 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Cognisant of cultural diversity and able to exercise diplomacy.</li> </ul> Additional Information For many appointments within the CAA, these roles require access to operationally sensitive infrastructure and/or Nationally Protected information. For these roles the post holders must undergo National Security Vetting and achieve the appropriate level of clearance. BPSS - To be vetted you must have the right to work in the UK so that meaningful checks can be undertaken. If you do not meet these requirements, we may not be able to accept your application. For more information on BPSS clearance please visit - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels">BPSS clearance</a> The CAA values high ethical standards and personal integrity among employees. If invited for interview you will be asked to complete a declaration of interest. <a name="_Hlk167098922"></a> Inclusive Recruitment We are passionate about diversity and ensuring all are included at the CAA. We are an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. As a member of the Disability Confident scheme, applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a role with us will be guaranteed an interview. We use fair and inclusive selection approaches to hire the best person for the job based on merit alone. If you require an adjustment for any reason, please let us know. Use of Artificial Intelligence by candidates in the CAA recruitment process We recognise that many of our candidates find Artificial Intelligence to be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be rejected on that basis. Working With Us We are on a journey towards being increasingly adaptable, where our colleagues collaborate as part of cross-functional teams. This approach ensures we never stop learning together. It also means that you may become involved in activities that take you out of your day-to-day role, providing you with opportunities to develop and grow your career with us. We have embraced hybrid working and offer flexible working patterns between the ASSI office in Crawley and home working, being open to having a conversation about what works for you, with the understanding that all ASSI colleagues have a minimum of two mandatory office attendance days every quarter for quarterly staff meetings. We know where and when we work is important in achieving a work-life balance. Our Values Do The Right Thing, Never Stop Learning, Build Collaborative Relationships, Respect Everyone – For more information please <a href="https://careers.caa.co.uk/content/Company-Overview/?locale=en_GB">Click Here</a> Closing Date: Sunday 5th July 2026 Interview Date: W/C Monday 27th July 2026 Planned Start Date: Monday 7th December 2026 (pending completion of the necessary pre-employment checks) We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. No recruitment agencies please.

Airworthiness Policy Specialist/Surveyor - ASSI (Crawley, GB) @ Civil Aviation Authority

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