Product Safety Technician

K.A.G. Recruitment is proud to be exclusively partnering with our client, a leader within the Aerospace industry, to recruit a Product Safety Technician to join their team based in Erdington, Birmingham.

Location: Erdington, Birmingham

Package: £50,000 - £55,000 DOE, Life Assurance x 3, Pension, Wellbeing & Support Workshops, Training & Holidays 25 Days (+ BH)

Hours: Monday to Friday - Flexible working 6am to 6pm (37.5hrs)

Purpose of the role:

You will support and assist the Compliance Monitoring Manager in ensuring the organisation meets all regulatory requirements, through adherence to and development of the QMS and SMS, ensuring compliance and approval of suppliers and assist in the management of customer issues. You will assist in management and planning of day-to-day activities, providing daily and weekly task management of Compliance Engineers in support of the Compliance Monitoring Manager.

Our client has a strong reputation for doing things right. They are looking for someone who shares that mindset, someone with a sharp eye for detail, who enjoys finding solutions, and who thrives in a fast-moving environment.

The role includes:

• Developing, implementing, and maintaining compliance processes (throughout the organisation), documentation and metrics.
• Supporting the Compliance Monitoring Manager by controlling and leading internal audits/surveillance to verify compliance to Part 21 Subpart G/J, AS9100 and other specific customer requirements.
• Compiling, maintaining, and managing other key compliance documents, including customer Compliance Plans and DOA-POA arrangements.
• Lead and manage non-conformances/occurrence reports (CAR/NCR) and Investigations (8D, 5Y) using structured problem-solving techniques.
• Leading Safety Action Groups (SAGs) and actively participating in SMS investigations where production or maintenance compliance errors are the root cause.
• Supporting the review and investigation of internal and customer rejects and MRB returns.
• Liaising and supporting supplier compliance assurance representatives in understanding the internal and specific customer requirements.
• Ensuring all Compliance data is captured and analysed against targets, taking action on adverse variation to standard and reporting KPIs.
• Act as the Deputy to the Compliance Monitoring Manager/Safety Manager and carry out their duties during periods of absence.
• Perform any other activities necessary to ensure the Compliance department achieves its deliverables and objectives.

What you’ll bring:

You will have experience in a compliance role, or other regulatory focused role within the aerospace industry, with strong understanding of UK CAA Part 21J, Part 21G, EASA Part 145, and AS9100 regulations and Safety Management Systems (SMS).

You will have experience of producing and analysing data using tools such as Excel, Smartsheet, PowerBI with strong communication skills and the ability to work well across departments leading and managing teams.

You’ll excel in this business if you’re someone who likes to understand the ‘Why’ behind the work. Someone who can look at a process and ask, ‘How can we do this better?’ and then help make that happen. If that sounds like you, and you’re ready to be part of a team that takes pride in every detail, we’d love to hear from you.