Director of Engineering

Nominated Postholder – Continuing Airworthiness (EASA)

Role Purpose

The Director of Engineering & Maintenance provides strategic leadership and regulatory oversight of all engineering and maintenance activities ensuring regulatory compliance and a commercially effective and reliable technical operation.

The role holder is the EASA Nominated Postholder for Continuing Airworthiness, accountable for ensuring the continued airworthiness, safety, and technical performance of the aircraft fleet in accordance with Part-CAMO and approved company manuals. The role holder is also responsible for aircraft availability, contractual performance and proactive technical risk management.

Regulatory and Airworthiness Responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance with EASA Part-CAMO and all continuing airworthiness requirements.
• Maintain effective control of the Continuing Airworthiness Management System (AMOS).
• Ensure fleet aircraft are maintained in an airworthy condition and operated in accordance with the approved Aircraft Maintenance Programme (AMP).
• Ensure timely accomplishment of Airworthiness Directives, mandatory requirements, and control of MEL/CDL and deferred defects.
• Ensure the management of the embodiment of modifications, repairs, and Service Bulletins.
• Ensure oversight of reliability programmes, technical records, configuration control, and mass & balance accuracy.
• Ensure oversight of contracted Part-145 and external maintenance providers.
• Lead engineering, maintenance planning, technical services, and reliability functions.
• Ensure effective AOG response and aircraft technical readiness to support operations.
• Act as the primary technical interface with authorities and external stakeholders.
• Promote a strong safety, compliance, and SMS culture.
• Lead, develop, and ensure competency of engineering and maintenance personnel.
• Ensure support of aircraft induction, transfer, and redelivery activities.
• Provide technical risk assessments and recommendations to senior management.

The postholder has the authority to make safety-critical decisions and retains full accountability for all continuing airworthiness activities, including those performed by subcontracted organisations.

Operational Leadership Responsibilities

• Ownership of aircraft technical readiness and dispatch reliability performance in line with ACMI contractual KPIs
• Embed a strong cost-control and financial accountability mindset, with awareness of all maintenance cost drivers, supplier performance and budget adherence
• Drive proactive planning to minimise operational disruption and customer penalties
• Maintain a strong customer-focused approach
• Develop and drive the long-term strategy for the Technical Department aligned with the business objectives
• Promote a growth mindset across the department including embedding a data driven approach to reliability, defect trends and maintenance planning
• Lead process mapping and continuous improvement initiatives
• Manage and support effective change implementation

Qualifications & Experience

• Licensed aircraft engineer or equivalent aviation technical qualification (preferred).
• Demonstrated experience as an EASA Nominated Postholder for Continuing Airworthiness or senior Part-CAMO management role.
• Extensive experience in airline engineering and maintenance, preferably within an ACMI or charter environment.
• In-depth knowledge of EASA Part-CAMO, Part-145, SMS, and AOC requirements.
• Proven experience interfacing with EASA Competent Authorities, lessors, MROs, and OEMs.