About the job

Job summary

This role is an exciting opportunity to join the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) Certification Division (Cert Div).  As a member of the Aircraft Design Standards team you will play a key role in ensuring that UK Defence has the Airworthiness Certification Specifications it needs to drive the development of new aircraft and ensure that in-service fleets can meet the challenges of the future By keeping abreast of new and emerging technology, and the work of other national and international standards organisations, you will develop the information you need to manage these Specifications in collaboration with experienced Certification engineers. 

Your work will cover everything from large transport aircraft to helicopters including the latest combat aircraft and uncrewed/remotely piloted air systems and the full range of associated equipment such as engines, avionics and mission systems.  

We will provide you with the necessary role-specific training and can offer excellent personal and professional development opportunities to enable you to exploit the wealth of career development options available within the Ministry of Defence. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

• Responsible for maintenance and development of MAA Certification Specifications for Airworthiness in support of the Certification of UK military Air Systems, covering Fixed and Rotary Wing aircraft, Remotely Piloted Air Systems and aero engines. 
• Co-ordinate the work of Certification Division technical specialists to deliver the UK default airworthiness specification, Def Stan 00-970: Certification Specification for Airworthiness. 
• Act as a UK representative on international and NATO standards Working Groups including for the development of Remotely Piloted Air Systems Standards. 
• Act as an MAA liaison on airworthiness standards development with other international military and civilian Regulators and Standards Organisations, with particular focus on ensuring Def Stan 00-970 keeps pace with the development of new technologies. 
• Support the UK Military Airworthiness Advisory Groups comprising stakeholders from MOD, industry and the regulated community. 

Person specification

Essential  

• You will be expected to have experience working in AeroSystems or Systems Engineering.  
• You will need to be a registered Professional Engineer at I Eng level or willing to work towards I Eng or equivalent professional registration. 

Desirable 

• Experience of working with design standards will be an advantage. 
• We will welcome applicants with practical experience of the development or assessment of aircraft-level performance or technical requirements. 
• Experience of the application of Military Air System Certification Process (MACP) will be beneficial but not essential. 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

The selection process for this role will use Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Next steps: You’ll need to submit a CV that details your career history, qualifications, key achievements and skills, and a personal statement (no longer than 500 words).

Your application will be sifted by a panel who’ll review your CV, experience and personal statement to identify if you match the role requirements. If you’re successful at sift, we will invite you to an interview on a date to be agreed. The interview will be either virtual or on-site at MoD Abbey Wood North, Bristol.

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:-

• Leadership 
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving

Please note that any expenses incurred for travel to the interview will not be reimbursed.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans Initiative.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk 

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.