British Airways
Safety & Compliance Engineer - Storage and Distribution
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Safety & Compliance Engineer - Storage and Distribution
Safety and Compliance Engineer – Join British Airways Engineering Quality
About the Role
As the nation’s flag carrier, British Airways prides itself on connecting the UK with the world. With a heritage spanning over 100 years—marking the launch of the world’s first international scheduled flight—our originality and ambition define our culture.
Here, you’ll shape careers without limits. Our Safety and Compliance Engineer role is an opportunity to play a pivotal part in ensuring millions of passengers remain safe, guiding both our prestigious fleet and partner airlines through robust quality and safety systems.
As part of British Airways Engineering Quality, you’ll:
- Oversee health, airworthiness, and safety compliance for one of the largest and most prestigious aircraft fleets globally.
- Collaborate with industry-leading professionals to maintain regulatory standards.
- Drive process improvements, conduct audits, and address non-conformities with urgency.
- Monitor risks through data analysis while influencing positive change at an airflow leadership level.
- Represent integrity, collaboration, and leadership across various business functions.
This is a chance to be part of innovation, invest your career into growth, and inspire long-term excellence.
Responsibilities
In this essential role, you’ll:
- Proactively implement the company’s quality and safety systems, ensuring adherence to regulatory and operational standards.
- Monitor health, safety, airworthiness, and airmanship across BA aircraft and partner fleets.
- Conduct internal/external audits and investigations, publish findings, validate improvements, and drive closure of non-conformities.
- Define and approve procedural expositions aligned with business needs while maintaining compliance.
- Collaborate with the Storage & Distribution department to sustain high compliance standards.
- Analyse data to identify risks, partnering with teams to mitigate potential incidents.
- Support or lead small teams to achieve quality objectives, maintaining alignment with departmental targets.
- Provide action-oriented solutions at engineering leadership level and deliver efficiency improvements.
- Assess aircraft, personnel, and workplaces to the prescribed standards.
- Handle ad-hoc tasks or cover for critical assignments based on operational needs.
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Requirements & Qualifications
To excel in this technical and leadership-driven role, you’ll bring:
- A proven operationally rigorous mindset aligned with EASA Part 145, Part 21, and Part M regulations.
- Broad engineering qualifications: Apprenticeship, HNC/D, or equivalent EASA Part 66 Cat B licence.
- A strong background in Quality Assurance, Health & Safety, and Environmental Compliance with experience in warehousing/logistics.
- Leadership in auditing, preferably as a Lead Auditor or holder of NEBOSH/formulation expertise.
- Evidence of incident investigation expertise to identify root cause analysis and prevent reoccurrences.
- Dedication and professionalism with a UK/EU full manual driving licence ensuring autonomy and adaptability.
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Preferred but not mandatory:
- A detailed understanding of BA’s processes, procedures, and commercial demands.
What We Offer
At British Airways, we invest in our world-class staff through more than a great pay package: ✔ Unlimited standby flights – basic or premium – enabling global mobility immediately. ✔ ‘Hotline’ discounts – up to 30 annual discounted flights for you, friends, and family. ✔ Career progression support – guides enthusiastic professionals across diverse opportunities within BA. ✔ Dynamic environment – no stagnation; we expect and celebrate continuous growth. ✔ Diverse culture – fostering a collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone’s background adds genuine value.
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