David Oatley
Senior Airworthiness Engineer @QinetiQ
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Airworthiness Engineer @QinetiQ
Responsible for Continuing Airworthiness Management of Aircrew Escape Systems and Safety Equipment across a diverse fleet of Aircraft, Fast Jet, Rotary and Fixed Wing aircraft.
EDUCATION
Quanta
PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
Royal Air Force
HNC
Right Management
Financial Management and Accounting for Managers
Quanta
APMP
SKILLS
ABOUT DAVID OATLEY
A dynamic and highly motivated professional engineer with 23 years of experience within Defence, specialising in programme, project and operations management. With a proven track record for managing risk effectively, and a reputation for ‘flawless judgement’ with regards to safety decision-making at operational and strategic level, with considerable experience of the military Project Team environment. Leading multi-disciplined teams of up to 550 personnel demonstrating steadfast leadership and effective change management, ensuring successful delivery of high profile tasks under significant resource and political pressure as recognised in the New Years honours List.Functional Areas of Expertise Management. Deputy Chief Air Engineer responsible for management, airworthiness, maintenance and sustainment of a £240M fleet of Tornado aircraft and £3.6Bn fleet of Typhoon aircraft. Including Quality Assurance, Health and Safety, Continuous Improvement, Human Factors and Error Management Systems. Programme and Project Delivery. Op OLYMPICS Air Security Plan Financial Controller - financial programming and scrutiny for RAF contribution to the security of the London 2012 Olympics. Operations Management Led HQ team delivering support to Fast jet, Air Transport aircraft and 400 personnel – enabling operations over Iraq. Working Under Pressure. Responsible for the successful preparation of first 10 Tornado aircraft to Afghanistan. Change Management. Implemented Lean Transformation programme of second line maintenance increasing annual output by over 100%. Qualifications CMI Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic Management and LeadershipIEng MIET (working towards CEng)Management of Quality for Senior Managers Human Factors Occurrence Review Group Chairman TrainedMAOS/Mil Part 145 Awareness TrainedManagers Courses – Tornado, Nimrod and TyphoonLEAN FundamentalsIntermediate Logistics Managers CourseAirworthiness For Military Aircraft
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