Aps 6 - Aviation Safety Assurance Officer

4 weeks ago


Melbourne City Centre, Australia Australian Government Department of Defence Full time

$85,607 - $97,790 (plus Super)
- Melbourne CBD - VIC

**The Role**
The Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) is offering an offering an exciting opportunity to join the Directorate of Initial Airworthiness as an Aviation Safety Assurance Officer (ASAO). Working within the Type Certificate Oversight and Enforcement (TC O&E) team, the role is critical in projecting the Authority’s assurance function specifically for the Military Type Certificate Holder (MTCH) organisation. The role is multi-faceted and requires integration with adjacent product assurance teams within DASA.

Being a safety assurance officer for the TC O&E team includes:

- Conducting assurance and oversight activities of Defence organisations in the continued airworthiness aircraft design and domain.
- Evidence sampling and performing assessments of compliance against regulations.
- Monitoring platform occurrence reporting and supporting the Authority function to intervene through mandatory action directives.

**About our Team**
The DASA vision ‘Capability First, Safety Always’ reflects our mission in supporting Defence aviation capability. Directorate of Initial Airworthiness (DIA) is providing assurance that safety risks are effectively managed.

DIA contributes to this by:

- Promulgating initial airworthiness policy and regulation,
- Certifying Defence aviation systems,
- Overseeing design and production organisations.

DASA is a dynamic organisation formed in recent years. You will be able to influence how aviation safety is managed into the future for Defence, and play a part in current aviation capability. We offer a diverse range of work to develop your career in aviation safety and beyond.

Shifting priorities require a high degree of flexibility and open up opportunities to work across DASA teams, allowing you to shape your career progression. Working in the APS is both challenging and rewarding. You can make significant contributions to Australia, whilst supported by flexible employment conditions.

DASA is looking for a technical professional who is passionate about aviation safety in the Defence context. As an ASAO, your contribution will have a critical bearing on promoting aviation safety outcomes. Possessing experience in design, production or management of safety critical systems within the aviation industry will be advantageous. As will knowledge pertaining to type certification and initial airworthiness concepts either civil or military.

For this role, you will draw on your broad experience to assess organisational performance and identify safety risks and therefore practical experience in evaluation of safety risks, or exposure to aviation safety is highly desirable.

You are methodical in conducting oversight activities, and have a high attention to detail. You possess professionalism and a confident nature when providing high quality advice to senior engineering managers and key stakeholders. Your knowledge on the Defence Aviation Safety Regulations (DASR) and/or Aviation Safety Management Systems (ASMS) will be highly regarded.



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