Hill Helicopters
Hill Helicopters
Hill Helicopters
Hill Helicopters

The Chief of the Office of Airworthiness (COOA)

Job No: HLH1
Location: Stafford

The Successful Candidate

The successful candidate will have a proven track record for delivering aircraft certification and leadership of certification program, ideally in GA, small business jet or helicopters. The role will require the candidate to directly lead and supervise the delivery of our aircraft and engine approvals initially in the UK and then in over 50 countries globally.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity for an ambitious and energetic individual to join a successful and fast growing business at an early stage in a critically important leadership role. The successful candidate will be joining a close-knit team of fantastically talented professionals on a journey to redefine general aviation. The role will particularly suit an individual looking to escape big-company hierarchy and bureaucracy.

Role and Responsibilities

The COOA has end-to-end responsibility for achieving and maintaining all airworthiness approvals required for airframe and engine. The successful candidate will, in particular:

  • discharge the responsibilities of the Chief of the Office of Airworthiness as defined in UK CAA Part 21J regulations
  • develop and lead the Airworthiness & Certification team, taking ownership of the approvals program
  • review aircraft and engine designs and support design optimisation from a certification perspective
  • take ownership of and manage relationships and communications with the UK CAA and other national airworthiness regulators including the FAA and EASA
  • Ensure that the Design Organisation and Production Organisation handbooks and procedures are complete, adequate and effective
  • together with the Chief Engineer, Director of Production and with system specialists, define and execute the testing, validation and certification plans for both the airframe and engine
  • provide Part 21 training and awareness to both the design and production teams
  • advise the Chief Engineer and Chief Executive Officer on all matters relevant to the delivery of safe and airworthy designs and products

Require Qualifications and Experience

Previously held the position of Chief of Office of Airworthiness or other senior airworthiness role within an aircraft airframe or engine manufacturer (OEM).

Expertise and experience with the achievement of initial airworthiness for new aircraft and/or engines for UK CAA and/or EASA Part 21J.

Qualified to be a UK CAA Form 4 holder as the Chief of the Office of Airworthiness.

A willingness to assume a key and evolving role in a small but fast growing organisation including the development and management of a new Airworthiness & Certification team.

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Privacy Acknowledgment

Recruitment Privacy Notice

Hill Helicopters is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information.   This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal information about you during the recruitment process.

What information do we collect?

In connection with your application for work with us, we will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about you:

  • The information you have provided to us with your application including your cv or resume
  • Any information you provide to us during an interview
  • Information you provide in relation to your right to work documentation

We may also collect, store and use the following “special categories” of more sensitive personal information:

  • Information about your criminal record
  • Information about your health and any medical condition

We collect this personal information variously from you, the candidate, our employer background checks, your named referees and information from publicly available sources such as the Internet. 

How will we use your personal data?

We will use the personal data that you have provided to assess whether you are suitable for the position for which you have applied.   We also need your personal data to communicate and to enter into an employment agreement with you if you are successful.

We will review your health information if we need to make adjustments to accommodate your condition, either in the recruitment process or in your employment if your application is successful.

We may carry out a criminal records check in order to satisfy ourselves that you have not been convicted of any offence that makes you unsuitable for the role.  We use a third party to conduct this search. 

Who has access to data?

Your information will be shared internally among our senior management team, members of the HR team and other interviewers involved in the recruitment process.

We will not share your data with third parties, unless your application for employment is successful. We may then share your personal data with the referees that you have provided to us and the third party that we use to carry out background and criminal record checks. Those third party providers are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in line with our policies.

How do we protect data?

We take the security of your data seriously. We have put in place appropriate and adequate technical and physical measures to prevent your personal information from being used or accessed without authority. We limit access to your personal information to those employees and agents who have a legitimate business need to know. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you of any suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.

For how long do we keep data?

If your application for employment is unsuccessful, we will hold your data on file for twelve months after the end of the recruitment process. After this period, we will securely destroy your personal information.

If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and be kept for the period of your employment and thereafter consistent with our privacy policy.  

Your rights

You can at any time:

  • access and obtain a copy of any of your personal data that we hold;
  • ask us to amend incorrect or incomplete data;

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact a member of the HR team.


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About Us

We are building a revolutionary, private light helicopter and engine at our design and production centre in Stafford. The Hill HX50 satisfies a long-unfulfilled demand in the aviation market for a modern, stylish and affordable rotary aircraft. Its composite design, interior luxury and advanced powerplant makes supercar styling, performance and comfort available to helicopter buyers for the first time. The aircraft and engine are all British designed and built in Hill’s own factory. By eliminating expensive supply chains, Hill is dramatically reducing the cost of helicopter ownership and operation. The biofuel-ready engine and cellulose biowaste fuel solution introduce a commercially and technically achievable path to net-zero in general aviation. Reflecting the gap in the market that it fills, the response to the Hill helicopter has exceeded all expectations. HX50 has become the world’s fastest selling helicopter -- redefining the general aviation market globally.