Airworthiness Inspector

• Best opportunity to positively influence and improve aviation safety performance.
• Apply your operational knowledge and experience to your work at the Authority.

• Permanent role - Flexability in Location.

About Us

By joining us, you will be part of a team where meaningful work, collaboration and innovation come together to help keep New Zealand’s skies safe and secure.

At the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, we are constantly evolving to meet the demands of a changing environment and the aviation industry.

Recent legislative changes, along with an organisational realignment, have opened exciting new opportunities across the Authority. These changes are part of a broader effort to better position our teams for the future by enabling us to be more collaborative, efficient and effective in everything we do.

As we step confidently into our role as a modern regulator, we are embracing intelligence-led, risk-based approaches that help us make a real difference for our people and the communities we serve – with a strong value-for-money ethos. We’re also committed to enabling aviation participants to support economic growth in New Zealand's aviation sector.

About the role 

As an Airworthiness Inspector in our Certification and Monitoring Team, you will be responsible for carrying out certification activities for organisations seeking to operate in the aviation system, and to ensure they meet the requirements for certification. This includes conducting certification assessments to determine requirements against the Civil Aviation Rules and to record certification decisions in a way that supports the CAA’s goals and objectives. 
 
This role will give you the opportunity to positively influence and improve aviation safety performance by working closely with operators. The role will promote safety and best practices within the New Zealand aviation system. As such, you will be required to exercise sound judgement and responsibility within an established operating framework.

This role can be based at Wellington, Auckland or Christchurch.

The salary band for the Airworthiness Inspector starts at $115,536 to a maximum of $161,412. Starting salaries are to be based on knowledge, skills and experience the successful candidate brings to the role, as well as internal relativities.

What You’ll Bring

We are looking for an Aviation professional with sound understanding of the maintenance and administrative requirement for airworthiness.

To be successful in this role you will, 

• Be able to demonstrate operational knowledge and experience.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work closely with external parties to provide clear and objective decisions about potential safety issues. 
• Be respected by others for your integrity, professionalism and aviation experience and be passionate about improving safety performance. 
• Bring a systems thinking approach combined with an ability to think critically and solve problems will be of benefit in your day-to-day work.
• Have proven aircraft maintenance experience with helicopters/fixed wing in the Part 135/125/121 environment, in a maintenance control role, in a Part 145, 146, 148.
•  Supervisory and/or SMS experience in any of these environments.

Our Values – Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Transparency, and Collaboration – represent the standards of behaviour we uphold and guide how we work at the Authority. We embrace diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive environment where our people feel respected, safe, and valued for their unique contributions. We recognise that our people drive our success. 

Apply directly by completing the online application form and submit your CV and Cover Letter. Note: your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key skills required for this role.

We want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, so the recruitment process is fair and equitable for all. Therefore, please let us know if there is any support, we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible to you.

 For more information on the role please view the position description or contact the Recruitment team at recruitment@caa.govt.nz

Applications close Sunday 1 June 2025