Quality Manager - VTOL - Dubai

Quality Manager VTOL — Job Description

Role Details

• Location: Dubai South, United Arab Emirates (on-site).
• Reporting: Reports to the Director, Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (QHSE).
• Role Scope: Execute and maintain a defense-prime-grade Quality Management System (QMS) that assures product and process quality, sustaining UAE regulator confidence and enabling FAA-aligned Type Certification for the VTOL programme.

Position Summary

1. Regulatory Compliance & Technical Oversight

• Airworthiness Accountability: Responsible to the FAA and the organisation for the airworthiness of aircraft and the documentation of maintenance/inspections.
• Delegated Regulatory Liaison: Serve as a delegated liaison to the FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector (PMI) and other aviation agencies as directed by the Director of QHSE.
• Standards Development: Develop and recommend quality control policies, staying abreast of industry developments and manufacturer recommendations.
• Legal Compliance: Ensure all operations meet applicable legal requirements and maintain a safe operational environment.

2. Technical Records & Evidence Integrity

• Record Integrity: Guarantee the absolute integrity of all technical records for the aircraft fleet.
• Log & Release Review: Review maintenance logs and airworthiness releases to ensure completion per the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Engineering Red Line Procedures: Oversee the "red line" procedure for engineering drawings, ensuring all unauthorised or interim changes are captured, assessed, and formally approved.
• Control Plan Execution: Develop and maintain Quality Control Plans that define specific inspection points and acceptance criteria for prototype and production builds.
• Squawk Monitoring: Monitor log sheet squawks to ensure proper troubleshooting and prevent repeat write-ups.

3. Operational Quality & Maintenance Governance

• Inspection Oversight: Direct and plan inspection standards, ensuring all work is properly performed and recorded on approved forms.
• Operational Leadership: Provide active leadership in resolving quality-related issues and assist personnel in solving technical maintenance problems.

4. Strategic Performance & Change Management

• Continuous Improvement: Serve as the catalyst for introducing efficient thinking, practices, and technology into maintenance operations.
• Financial Control: Prepare Quality budgets, meet financial targets, and ensure the economical use of staff and materials.
• Liaison & Coordination: Coordinate with operational departments to schedule maintenance and personnel to ensure flight schedule efficiency.

5. Training, Supply Chain & Workforce Leadership

• Personnel Qualification: Ensure maintenance personnel are properly trained, qualified, and authorised before performing service.
• Supply Chain Quality: Maintain and update the Outsource Provider Listing.
• Full-Cycle Supervision: Oversee recruitment, training, and performance reviews for the Quality team.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Technical Certification: Certified mechanic (either FAA Part 65 or EASA Part 66) with more than 10 years' experience as a mechanic.
• Education: High School Diploma mandatory; Bachelor's degree in Aviation or Quality Discipline preferred. Equivalent professional experience in a regulated aviation environment is also acceptable.
• Leadership Experience: >5 years in a supervisory capacity.
• Soft Skills: Proven ability as a change agent to overcome inertia; strong negotiation skills for "win-win" solutions; and high-stress composure.

Delegated Authority

• Stop-Work Authority: Authorised to impose a temporary stop-work, stop-test, or stop-ship HOLD where immediate safety, quality, or evidence-integrity risk exists.
• Safety Risk Acceptance: Authorised to make key decisions/determinations, including safety-risk-acceptance decisions relating to Quality Control.
• Please reach out to seb@profoundpeople.com.au for more info