Maintenance Standards Specialist - Base Maintenance at South African Airways Technical (SAAT)

Job Purpose    

• To ensure Technical Safety and Quality of Aircraft and components maintained by SAAT in accordance with the applicable Regulatory Authorities, manufactures and SAAT policies and procedures. Improve safety, health and environment requirements. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring that the department is kept compliant and abreast with international and local regulatory authorities.

Principal Accountabilities    

• Perform Compliance inspections on Aircraft and/or Aircraft Components to meet Manufacturer's instructions, Customers and regulatory requirements:
• Perform Quality Compliance and Control inspections during the entire phase or range of aircraft or components maintenance, ensuring all requirements as specified by manufactures of aircraft and aircraft components are strictly adhered to.
• Plan and conduct specific inspections to determine airworthiness compliance to all Regulatory Authorities requirements.
• Produce reports of key findings, actions taken to prevent recurrence and track operational performance as required.
• Analyse key trends from internal and external findings and investigations, determine systemic problems and create preventative solutions.
• To enforce compliance to Quality Standards and Regulations to minimise SAAT’s exposure to risk
•  Enforce adherence to all regulatory, safety and compliance requirements
• Manage delivery of work in line with the relevant regulatory requirements and where required, put contingency plans in place to reduce compliance risk for the organisation
• Monitor quality and compliance performance, especially deficiencies, and put contingency plans in place to prevent a reoccurrence of the same deficiency.
• Manage the environment and keep it at the required standard of health and safety and comply with policies and procedures, as well as client SLA’s
• Conduct briefings with staff based on quality, safety and compliance lapses.
• Participate in customer as well as aviation authority audits, to ensure that the department is not exposed to non-compliance.
• Respond to all non-conformities in collaboration with the section manager and ensure that all timelines with the external and internal auditors are met.
• Investigate quality and safety lapses to determine roost cause/s and identify corrective and preventative actions.
• Implement all actions required to improve the quality and safety in the operational environment.Establish quality and safety objectives for the department and monitor departmental performance.
• Maintain customer satisfaction at the highest possible level
• Ensuring On time Performance
• Ensure clear and correct information is communicated to all departments & stakeholders timeously.
• Carry out task delegated by the Line manager and the Senior manager Operations
• Liaise with the customer on all matters of compliance, safety and risk.

Qualifications & Experience    

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Relevant degree, N6, or equivalent plus 7 years’ Operations Management experience (Of which 4 years in a Supervisory Position in aircraft maintenance) These years of experience may have been gained simultaneously.

OR

• Relevant diploma plus 9 years’ Operations Management experience(Of which 5 years in a Supervisory Position in aircraft maintenance) These years of experience may have been gained simultaneously.

OR

• Aviation Maintenance
• 12 years’ Operations Management experience (no degree/diploma) These years of experience may have been gained simultaneously.
• Must have passed an Aviation apprenticeship and Trade Test.
• Must have worked in an MRO for at least 12 years.
• Must have held company approval (certification) for more than 24 months,
• Must have had more than 36 months experience as a Senior Licensing Technician or Team Leader or a Quality Auditor/Inspector
• These years of experience may have been gained simultaneously

Knowledge and Skills    

• Comprehensive knowledge of Regulatory requirements. SACAA, EASA and FAA.
• Cost Control
• Industry Knowledge
• Sound knowledge of AMOS and Impact, Excel MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and SAP R 3
• Knowledge of SAAT organisation, policies and procedures
• Communication and negotiation skills
• Contract interpretation skills
• Project Management
• Financial Management
• Entrepreneurial thinking
• Analytical Thinking