Airworthiness Review Engineer

Role Definition 

The Airworthiness Review Engineer undertakes defined technical, airworthiness, physical inspection and records review activities for ALM and third-party Client Aircraft portfolios. The role provides the evidence base that enables Technical Managers to manage transitions, acquisitions, returns, inspections, asset surveillance and technical projects. 

Reporting Line

Reports to: Senior Technical Manager

Direct Reports: n/a

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform aircraft, engine, APU, nacelle, landing gear and component records reviews. 

• Support pre-purchase inspections, lease monitoring inspections, lease return inspections, delivery inspections, redelivery inspections and storage/recovery inspections. 

• Carry out physical inspection support, including review of aircraft condition, technical findings, open items, installed equipment, configuration and general asset condition. 

• Review AD, SB, modification, STC, repair, OCCM, LLP, maintenance status, utilisation, dirty fingerprint, logbook and release records. 

• Support back-to-birth and trace reviews for LLPs, engines, APUs and high-value components. 

• Prepare structured findings lists, evidence packs, discrepancy summaries, records gap analyses and technical review notes. 

• Support maintenance status analysis, event forecasting, workscope review and maintenance claim assessments. 

• Support technical data input and quality checking within ALM portfolio management systems. 

• Support document requests, records-room reviews and third-party report reviews. 

• Maintain awareness of aircraft type, lessee authority, regulatory and product changes relevant to assigned assets. 

• Liaise with lessee technical departments, MROs, OEMs, CAMO providers, inspection providers and subcontractors as required. 

• Develop the ability to interpret lease technical wording and understand how technical findings affect lease compliance, asset value, marketability and transferability. 

• Develop project discipline through action lists, target dates, findings status and escalation points for assigned packages. 

Expected Outputs 

• Records review findings and evidence packs. 

• Physical inspection notes and photographic evidence summaries. 

• Maintenance status, AD/SB/modification/LLP/OCCM review notes. 

• Gap lists, open-items logs and close-out evidence. 

• Concise technical review summaries suitable for Technical Manager use. 

• Progress updates for assigned packages with blockers and escalation needs clearly identified. 

Cover / Redundancy 

• Reports to the Senior Technical Manager but may be task-assigned by the Technical Manager on live projects. 

• Provides technical support and backfill beneath the Technical Manager layer. 

• Should be developed to take ownership of defined smaller work packages as a feeder route into Technical Manager roles. 

• Should understand enough of the Technical Coordinator control process to maintain basic continuity during leave or absence.