Aviation Quality Manager

QinetiQ is a global defence and security company and employs more than 8500 people in more than 50 locations around the world. We offer our customers premier expertise in advice, services and creative technology-based products and help solve some of their most challenging problems.

Our determination to deliver and improve today and anticipate and shape tomorrow, makes QinetiQ a very exciting, rewarding and respected place to work and learn. Globally QinetiQ has four Sectors, one of which is the ‘Australia Sector’’. The Australia Sector has more than 1,200 employees operating across four countries, namely Australia, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom.  

Headquartered in Nowra, New South Wales, QinetiQ Air Affairs, part of QinetiQ’s Threat Representation business unit, provides targets and training services, and electronic warfare capabilities to the Australian Defence Force, in addition to aerial surveillance and reconnaissance in support of government firefighting efforts. Air Affairs owns and operates a fleet of special mission aircraft and maintains an advanced manufacturing and engineering facility providing design, manufacture and certification operations. 

With a strong commitment to quality, safety and compliance, we are seeking a highly experienced Aviation, Quality Manager to join our leadership team based at our QinetiQ Air Affairs site. Our business holds both DASA (Defence Aviation Safety Authority) and CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) approvals as our capabilities cross both general and defence aviation.

Your experience in defence aviation will be critical to your success in this role, which will see you lead the quality function, ensuring the compliance of our Quality Management System. You will be pivotal in embedding robust quality activities, policies and procedures across the organisation, which will drive continuous improvement.

You will also have lead auditor experience, which coupled with your excellent communication skills, will ensure you can bring your stakeholders along on the quality management journey.

Day to day you will be:

• Liaising with stakeholder groups to ensure ongoing Quality Management System compliance and continuous improvement.
• Developing and implement business continuing planning.
• Implementing risk management processes.
• Ensuring compliance with ISO 9001:2015.
• Maintaining Quality Systems in line with CASA CAR 30, DASA Part 145, and CASA 21.133(2B).
• Preparing for and facilitate external audits.
• Providing updates to the leadership team on outstanding items and quality management improvement projects.
• Supporting a safety conscious culture and ensuring adherence to both internal and external safety standards.

Essential to your success in this role is:

• Experience with defence aviation, especially working with DASA regulations.
• Lead Auditor Experience and Qualifications within an Aviation environment.
• Ability to hold a DASR Form 4, ideally you will hold this or will have previously held it.
• A minimum of a Diploma of Auditing.
• A deep understanding of ISO 9001:2015, ideally within an aviation environment.
• Eligibility to hold a minimum of a Baseline, Defence Security Clearance.

Candidates will need to be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance. 

Whilst applications must be made online, confidential enquiries are welcome and may be directed to Ruth Harrison – Talent Acquisition Specialist 07 3031 0233 or email rlharrison@qinetiq.com.au

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As the defence industry in Australia grows, it is an exciting time to join QinetiQ. What the company looks like today will be different to that of tomorrow as we navigate an ever changing world. To innovate for our customers' advantage we value the need for diversity of thought in everything we do. We provide a flexible and inclusive environment where our people can bring their whole selves to work, meaningfully contribute and have equal opportunity to succeed. We actively seek applications from people who come from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Aligned with our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Reconciliation Action Plan, we also encourage applications from women, veterans and First Nations people. 

QinetiQ conducts pre-employment screening, including but not limited to identity verification and police checks, for all preferred candidates.