Job Specification: CAMO Project Manager
Location: Stanstead
Role Purpose
To lead, manage, coordinate and deliver continuing airworthiness / CAMO-related projects (e.g. fleet modifications, aircraft introduction, airworthiness reviews improvements, tool upgrades, major maintenance transitions, reliability programmes, compliance campaigns) under time, cost and quality constraints, ensuring full regulatory compliance, stakeholder alignment, and integration into the CAMO/Maintenance & SMS frameworks. This role bridges project management discipline and airworthiness/engineering assurance, ensuring that deliverables meet Part-CAMO, Part-M/ML, Part-21, and internal CAME requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Project Initiation & Planning
Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, deliverables, stakeholders, constraints, risk register, funding, and governance structure, for CAMO/continuing airworthiness projects.
Develop project plans (schedule, resource plan, budget, milestones) aligned with CAMO processes and strategic priorities.
Ensure that compliance, safety, certification, maintenance interfaces, and regulatory dependencies are captured in project planning.
Identify regulatory, contractual, technical, maintenance and operational dependencies (e.g. interactions with Part-21, Part-M, Part-145 organisations).
Project Execution & Control
Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams (CAMO, maintenance, engineering, safety, procurement, IT) to deliver project deliverables within cost, schedule, and quality goals.
Monitor project progress via status reporting, variance analysis, risk tracking, issue escalation, and corrective action implementation.
Ensure project work packages, documents, change control activities, and status logs adhere to relevant CAMO/CAME and regulatory requirements.
Interface regularly with continuing airworthiness, maintenance, safety, compliance monitoring, and operations teams to ensure alignment and conflict resolution.
Manage project budgets, cost control, vendor contracts, third-party deliverables, procurement of parts, services or system upgrades.
Conduct stakeholder communications (steering committees, technical boards, senior management updates).
Perform trade-off analysis, decisive problem solving, and change management including regulatory risk assessments.
Prepare regulatory submissions where needed (e.g. liaising with CAA, Part-21 design organisations, or obtaining approvals for changes or deviations).
Integration into CAMO / Maintenance / SMS
Ensure project outputs are integrated into the CAMO's Maintenance Programme (AMP), reliability programmes, AD/SB tracking, configuration control, continuing airworthiness records, and maintenance planning.
Coordinate with compliance monitoring / audit to ensure project outcomes are captured and checked under audit scope.
Liaise with Safety / SMS function to manage safety risk assessments, hazard logs, mitigation, and ensure that project changes do not degrade safety performance.
Support updating the CAME (and associated procedures) to include new workflows, toolsets, interfaces, or process changes introduced by the project.
Closure & Lessons Learned
Lead project handover, acceptance, deployment, training, and commissioning of deliverables into operational CAMO/maintenance functions.
Verify closure of all project deliverables, documentation, financials, and contractual obligations.
Conduct post-implementation review, lessons learned, risk closure, and feedback into continuous improvement.
Archive project records meeting regulatory retention requirements.
Governance, Reporting & Liaison
Report project status (technical, schedule, cost, risk) to the steering committee / senior management.
Ensure alignment with the CAMO's strategic and operational goals, and provide recommendations for prioritisation of future projects.
Liaise with external stakeholders (CAA, OEMs, Part-21/design organisations, regulatory bodies) as necessary.
Maintain awareness of relevant regulatory changes (AMC/GM, ORS9 decisions, UK CAA interpretations) that could affect project outcomes.
Essential Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in engineering, aerospace/aviation, project management or related technical discipline.
UK Employment experience in project management within aviation, preferably in continuing airworthiness, maintenance, or CAMO/MRO environments.
Project Management certification (e.g. PRINCE2, APMP, PMI, APM) is highly desirable.
Solid understanding of UK Regulation (EU) 1321/2014, Annex Vc (Part-CAMO), relevant AMC/GM, and interacting regulations (Part-M/ML, Part-21, Part-145).
Experience in regulatory projects (modifications, certification, introduction of new systems, compliance campaigns) is highly advantageous.
Prior experience in a Part-CAMO / Part-M organisation or aviation regulator interface.
Familiarity with maintenance programme development, reliability programmes, AD/SB management, continuing airworthiness records.
Exposure to safety/SMS, compliance monitoring, audit or quality assurance functions.
Experience in software, systems or digital transformation projects in aerospace/aviation.
Knowledge of aircraft types, systems, and aircraft certification interfaces.
Experience managing external suppliers, OEMs, design organisations or regulatory bodies