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Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Norwich Airport

Norwich International Aviation Academy

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Marham, Norfolk

As the Quality Systems Coordinator, I am responsible for coordinating the Unit’s Internal Quality Audit Programme, providing airworthiness assurances to all aircraft assets through the provision of correctly trained and authorised staff in all areas. Dealing with various policies from a multifaceted area of operations, whereby I deliver annual Quality Assurance training, coupled with capturing newly employed individuals for a further in-depth view of how Quality affects them. From the grass roots level, instilling quality as a culture amongst the personnel employed on this Unit; I am also required to analyse audit findings and Quality Occurrence Reports, trending all data to identify pinch points and mitigate risks during subsequent audit programmes.

Marham, Norfolk

As part of this role, I am responsible for the Unit’s response to Standards and Evaluation and directing multiple areas in the engineering practices expected at all times to maintain airworthiness in a MAOS 145/Mil 147 aviation environment. Adept at developing and maintaining internal audit and inspection regimes, analysing business needs and continuity strategies whilst remaining aware of emerging platforms and talents within a continuous improvement culture. I am a consummate professional, showing demonstrable flexibility and adaptability working within an accredited quality organisation; trained against ISO 9001:2015 standards providing value added benefit during the management of any project. I pride myself on my proactive approach to any situation, able to provide solutions to complex tasks in austere environments, determined to succeed and see any concept through to completion.It is important that I shape and drive the effectiveness of a continued business function against KPIs in the cross-functional alignment and deployment of planning expertise/resources in line with organisational objectives and strategy. This way, outcomes are realised much sooner and engineering standards remain high within each department evaluated.

In this role, I provided quality assurance and training supervision over 15 specialist engineering trainers. Having a distinct insight into DSAT methodologies and the practical implementation across a broad array of engineering courses; I could ensure the effective delivery of training through the production of ISpecs and associated paperwork. As a training manager, I was accountable for all training output, along with ensuring my team adhered to necessary procedures, complied with risk assessments and maintained airworthiness standards during the teaching of all practical engineering phases. I also identified shortfalls in training capabilities so as not to affect delivery of courseware, maintaining strict control over all instructor competencies and KPIs; and further aimed to enhance their continued professional development through training opportunities. To control multiple information types, I designed bespoke spreadsheets for ease of use by multiple-engineering staff and executives, highlighting manning data sets and competency shortfalls to better prioritise manpower and distribute resources accordingly. Always seeing the bigger picture, I conducted necessary succession planning to ensure all courses remained full, instructors remained competent and having the foresight to liaise directly with my customers to ensure information was disseminated in a timely fashion.

Overseas

As a Maintenance Controller and Planning Manager I managed circa 40 staff and 10 aviation assets while on secondment overseas, accountable for the H&S of personnel, but also the timely turnaround of aircraft to meet operational need. On a daily basis, I managed tooling, staff, ground support equipment and resources to affect outcomes, complete tasks in time-bound parameters and drive forwards a culture of continuous improvement.I spearheaded all planning strategies along with implementing business continuity and quality assurance measures to ensure continuity of output from an engineering standpoint. This involved all arrangements for aircraft flight planning, serviceability and airworthiness of all completed works prior to legal certification and coordination of engineering paperwork.

Within this role I was responsible for the assurance of quality and overall operational continuity of a busy engineering training establishment with customers based throughout the UK and Overseas. Demonstrating a proven effective ability to formalise optimum planning strategies to mitigate risk and alleviate pressure/burdens for senior executives. Often, as the senior lead, I led multiple continuous improvement initiatives with direct impact on circa 1000+ engineers, 100 training staff and £MMs worth of engineering equipment resources and aviation assets. Regularly instigating testing procedures to assess reliability, capability and overall performance, along with aligning HR initiatives with strategic business direction, supporting the performance management cycle and instigating training programmes to cater for professional development. I acted as organisation lead and a SME advisor on all Quality and Continuous Improvement issues. Identifying shortfalls in current processes and adopting lean methodologies; implementing innovative solutions to mitigate future risks and establish new policies for unit adherence. Subsequently, and by necessity, I provided the CEO with clear and concise reports involving succession planning, business continuity, quality outcomes and risk mitigation strategies to ensure training output remained in line with delivery business model.

As a manager in this area, I assumed all responsibility for course planning activities, allocating instructors to relevant phases of training and liaising with the bookings team to ensure all courses remained booked. Adopting an open approach to teaching, remaining empathic to all learning styles and ensuring the philosophy of Human Factors Engineering was delivered to all students. I took it upon myself to learn different areas of the aircraft propulsion and mechanical systems to give me a greater insight into delivering training in these areas. Understanding the concept stages, design requirements and the means of delivering ideas through to completed articles has given me a further in-depth appreciation and technical knowledge within my specialism. Delivering training in such areas as; RB199, Secondary Power Systems and Hydraulic Power Generation, all of which was governed by the Defence Systems Approach to Training Methodology (DSAT)Completely aware of Risk, COSHH and H&S Assessments within the workplace and for multiple tasks; I ensured a suitable environment was provided for all trainees to conduct their duties, taking necessary steps to ensure compliance with necessary legislation and considering all H&S responsibilities associated with this engineering position.

A Mechanical Engineering Supervisor covering all aspect of the Tornado Gr4 aircraft maintenance and deep stirp rectification works, utilising specific data capture software, which provides significant lifing information and resource availability to allow me to plan all activities. Within this role it has been necessary to establish modification/efficiency programmes within the department to encompass the ever-changing customer need. This has seen me become more aware to LEAN Principles, Continuous Improvement, Human Factors and airworthiness of engineering assets. It has been essential for me to have oversight for multiple areas of responsibility and provide lead governance in accordance with local procedures and guidelines. I have given legal certification to varying maintenance tasks, scoping aircraft zones for independent checks and ensured all provisions for resource availability, tool control, PPE, COSHH and H&S for any task I undertake or Supervise.