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Trainer Aircraft Chief Engineer
Your Tasks
- Act as the nominated and delegated Chief Engineer for the Trainer Aircraft, providing clear, pragmatic technical direction and resolution of complex engineering issues across all disciplines
- Perform review and approval of design data including Engineering Reports, design documentation, analyses, and safety‑critical publications, ensuring compliance with airworthiness and certification requirements (e.g. EASA/FAA)
- Chair and technically govern design reviews on behalf of the IPT Leader, ensuring technical robustness, traceability of requirements, within budget/schedule and appropriate resolution of actions
- Manage the Continued Airworthiness Process (CAP), maintaining visibility of all open airworthiness issues and reporting status, risk, and progamatic mitigation plans to the Airworthiness Review Board (ARB)
- Act as the technical representative of the Design Organisation in customer airworthiness activities, certification discussions, and external design reviews with customers and authorities
- Work with the other IPT Chief Engineers to define, improve, and communicate engineering standards, design principles, and lessons learned, including authorship of the Chief Engineer's Newsletter for the wider Engineering Department to promote continuous improvement and knowledge sharing
With this you convince us
- Extensive broad aerospace engineering experience, with a minimum of 10 years in engineering management or equivalent roles, demonstrating successful delivery within complex, fast-paced and highly regulated environments
- Demonstrated capability to provide technical vision and strategic direction, driving continuous improvement of products, processes, and engineering standards across the organization
- Proven ability to take a proactive, solution-oriented approach to resolving complex, cross‑disciplinary engineering and airworthiness issues
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical topics, constructively address issues and foster effective inter-disciplinary collaboration across engineering teams
- Proven capability to coordinate and align cross‑functional expert teams through lateral leadership, enabling timely resolution of critical engineering challenges and agreement on pragmatic system‑level solutions
- High level of personal competence and accountability, showing commitment, sound judgement, effective prioritisation and the ability to adapt rapidly to changing technical, programme or regulatory requirements
What we offer
- A committed, international team and unique projects
- Flexible working hours and individual pension solutions
- Support for training and opportunities for personal and professional development
- Discounted meals in our staff restaurant and various discounts for employees
- Team events at which we celebrate our successes together
Become part of the Pilatus family
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