Air Personnel are looking for a Quality Manager to join their client in Wythenshawe.

To be responsible for the maintenance of the Company’s quality and safety manuals and procedures such that the Company operates in accordance with and retains its approvals, conforms to all legal requirements and staff safety is given the highest priority.  To liaise with customers and suppliers by issuing and receiving approvals, recording any quality issues and progressing non-conformance reports, to drive improvement.  To oversee the format of training for all staff but particularly to ensure the apprentices receive a comprehensive curriculum.

Responsibilities of the Quality Manager

• To perform the duties of the Compliance Manager as specified in the Company’s MOE and POE as may be amended from time to time and to assist the Accountable Manager.
• To ensure the Company’s quality and safety manuals, including the MOE and POE, are maintained to be up to date and compliant with all relevant legal and aviation authority regulations.  Ensure Company procedures are up to date and adhered to.
• To ensure the company maintains its aviation and customer approvals and, where determined, qualifies for new approvals, complying with any audit requirements.
• To ensure our suppliers are approved by the Company where appropriate and that they meet the approval requirements with audits.
• Monitor the Company’s performance to ensure we are operating in compliance with the MOE and to the satisfaction of our customers.  Maintain a database of non-conformances observed or advised to us, performing root cause analysis and adapting procedures if required.
• Ensure the Company allocates appropriate resources, such that it may reasonably expect to operate to a high quality standard and foster a safe environment.
• Ensure staff are appropriately and adequately trained and qualified.  Maintain a database of authorisations and ensure stamps are allocated and used correctly.
• Enforce company Health & Safety policy including monitoring general house-keeping and compliance with SMS requirements.
• Ensure a database of risk assessments are maintained for activities that the Company and its staff perform, that these give rise to appropriate operating procedures.  Monitor that PPE is fully specified, available and used.  Maintain the company’s record of accidents, incidents and near-misses and link to corrective actions using non-conformance reports and/or disciplinary requests where appropriate.
• Ensure equipment maintenance programmes are in place to OEM standards and that equipment maintenance records are maintained, including calibration records.
• Maintain technical knowledge through attending workshops and reviewing professional publications.

Liaise with the CAA, EASA and other quality related institutions.

Skills required for the Quality Manager

Essential

• Maintain such qualification as is required to be the Company’s Quality Manager

• Proven experience of CAA, FAA & EASA Part 145 and Part 21G
• Independent attitude to stand up for quality and safety standards

Desired

• Computer literate in business applications
• Experience of commercial aviation maintenance, including cabin interiors

Quality manufacturing principles (eg TQM)

Please give Michelle a call for further details or apply with your CV