Senior Airworthiness Engineer

The vacancy: Senior Airworthiness Engineer

We have a new spot available for a Senior Airworthiness Engineer to join the Product Assurance Centre of Competence based in Papendrecht. The Centre of Competence - Product Assurance is one of the six engineering departments within the Design Engineering group focused on Defense programs. What's the purpose of the role? The certification (airworthiness requirements) and qualification (performance) of aircraft parts in accordance with applicable guidelines and procedures. 
As a Senior Airworthiness Engineer, you will work on the qualification of GKN Fokker products in accordance to (inter-) national procedures and guidelines. You will be responsible for the company's compliance statements, for identifying qualification risks and deviations when compared to internal/international organization and you will ensure compliance with procedures, company rules & safety, quality, environmental, security & export compliance regulations. The above tasks will be performed while protecting the company's intellectual property and NATO restricted/secret data. 
 

What you'll do

Advice & Analysis

• Provide advice on new qualification processes, options and company specific methodologies to obtain a consistent qualification file,
• Analyse internally & internationally obtained information and documentation, including this from System Engineering, Configuration Management and international partners, in order to determine which qualification documents must be drawn up,
• Examine Change Requests (from customer/partner company/internal) and determine the classification of the change,
• Evaluate a (proposed) means of compliance checklist (MCC) and determine consistency with previous checklists.

Qualification

• Determine, upon consultation with customer and partners, how the requirements will be qualified, the type of qualification documents that will be supplied and determining the international planning of these documents,
• Determine which qualification documents need to be created and coordinating this contribution with partners, customers and authorities,
• Verify all technical substantive supporting documents against the product data and qualification basis (incl. underlying documents) and process them into a compliance statement for the product,
• Prepare reports to the customer, authorities and partners,
• Draw up all non-technical reports associated with the qualification process,
• Assess all (inter-)national documents and ensure completion/correctness,
• Collect/archive accepted qualification and distribute internally,
• Support planning, organizing and recording of (inter-)national reviews, 
• Record & document all process steps in systems.

What you'll bring

As a Senior Airworthiness Engineer, you are a self starter with sharpened interpersonal skills, so that you are able to efficiently liaise with internal & external stakeholders during all steps of the qualification process. Next to this, we expect you to have a high level of problem solving skills as well as a proactive and result driven attitude. In order to perform your job, you will also need a high level of engineering knowledge, but also awareness of other disciplines (e.g. stress, design, configuration management).

Furthermore, we expect you to meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor or Master's degree in (Aerospace) Engineering,
• 5+ years' experience in certification and airworthiness within aerospace manufacturing,
• Experience in writing technical, customer-oriented reports,
• Fluency in English,
• Knowledge of aviation qualification/certification requirements (EMAR/EASA Part 21 and FAR/CS 29 or equivalent),
• Experience working in multicultural, multidisciplinary teams,
• Able to guide junior colleagues if necessary,
• Being able to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the product,
• Good understanding and adherence to procedures, business rules and safety, quality, environmental, security & export compliance regulations,
• Living in the Netherlands (vicinity of Papendrecht) or willing to relocate. 
   

What we'll offer

Our organization demonstrates passion for innovation and our employees are rightly proud for what we engineer and build. This is a truly challenging work environment: a role where you contribute as an individual but also as a member of a diverse (international) team of experts. At GKN Aerospace, we not only provide you with the tools to perform at the best of your capabilities, but we also support and promote your technical and personal development.

Furthermore, we will offer to you:

• A gross monthly salary between € 5.229,- and 6.386,- (mid- to senior level), depending on your knowledge and experience,
• 8% holiday allowance,
• 42 paid holidays for full-time employment,
• Working conditions according to the CAO Metalektro, including an excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance,
• Profit sharing scheme,
• A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers in a pleasant atmosphere.

Next to a competitive package, we will offer you a world of opportunities: we want to see your career fly! We will support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you!
 

How to apply

Are you interested in this role? Then don't wait, just apply immediately! If you have questions, please contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist Marina Monogyiou at marina.monogyiou@fokker.com. For the selection process, you will have a screening call with our Talent Acquisition Specialist and 2 interviews with the hiring managers either online or F2F.

Part of the selection procedure is carrying out the necessary checks and screenings in order to meet the requirements set by GKN Fokker's customers, partners and suppliers within the program. The checks and screenings will be assessed on the basis of frameworks set by our Export Compliance & Security department. Every employee within GKN Fokker must ultimately be authorized to give substance to his or her position. Assessment of checks and screenings can lead to the fact that no content can be given to the position and therefore no employment or deployment can follow. The onboarding at Fokker usually takes 4 weeks.

Due to privacy, we only accepted applications via the 'apply' button on our career website. 

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