Safety, Compliance & Assurance Manager TyTAN

Job Title: Safety, Compliance & Assurance Manager

Location: RAF Coningsby / Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £63,900+ Depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring that the organisation is compliant with the requirements set by the Accountable Manager


• Ensuring the Safety Management System is being delivered in accordance with the Safety Exposition and reported through regular measurement and monitoring


• Ensuring the provision of an on-base assurance programme, including timely management of resultant findings


• Deployment and administration of the on-base assurance and compliance monitoring system


• Provision of advice to all employees on safety matters, including regular safety promotion and communication


• Provision of safety investigations, analysis and trend monitoring


• Carrying out risk based safety audits and safety self-assurance activities


• Lead and support inputs into key business reviews

Core duties

• Audit Program Manager


• Issue of certification authorisations


• Convening and Chairing the Safety Compliance & Assurance Review


• Attending the Continuing Airworthiness Safety Compliance and Assurance Review representing area of responsibility


• Ensuring that the organisation is compliant with the requirements set by the Accountable Manager and specifically that the Safety Management System is being delivered in accordance with the this Safety Exposition and reported through measurement and monitoring


• Fulfilling the responsibilities of closure authority for Safety Impact Level 4 & 5 Safety Issues

Your skills and experiences:

Essential – awareness and experience of:

• Maintenance and Continuing Airworthiness Regulations


• Assurance Programme Management


• Safety Management System


• Maintenance & Support environment, including significant direct experience of supporting Regulatory activities, including definition, development, delivery and management


• Establishing and maintaining a governance framework (Regulate, Educate, Oversight, Enforce) with competent personnel within that governance structure, to discharge appropriate oversight and reporting of regulatory requirement compliance

Desirable

• Continuous Improvement Practitioner


• Root Cause Analysis


• Relevant Degree/HND or HNC

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Safety, Compliance & Assurance (SC&A) Team:

Join our Safety, Compliance & Assurance (SC&A) Team, a high-profile group at the heart of ensuring regulatory excellence across the TyTAN aircraft maintenance operation. Based at Coningsby and Lossiemouth, our team drives independent assurance, compliance, and safety governance, underpinning approvals to MRP Part 145, EN9100:#####, and ISO##########15 standards. Working closely with senior leadership and key stakeholders, we ensure airworthiness, operational compliance, and regulatory integrity—making a real impact on aviation safety. If you’re ready to lead in a dynamic, high-stakes environment, this is your opportunity.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 13th Februa#####025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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