Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a PMO Quality Lead Role to join our Project Management Team where you'll support us in the delivery of quality aspects for all licenced transfers.
This role will be primarily based at our Staverton site but covers all ROW facilities with travel to licensors when required.
Ontic is a more than just a business, we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.
The Role:
As our PMO Quality Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring quality excellence across our programmes by driving the successful completion of all required quality approvals and First Article Inspections (FAIs), Process Verifications and Part 145 audits. Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, licensors, customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders, you'll champion best practices, maintain the highest quality standards, and help deliver products our customers can trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for a quality professional who thrives in a collaborative environment, values continuous improvement, and is committed to upholding company values while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, company policies, and employment legislation. If you're passionate about quality, governance, and making a tangible impact, we'd love to hear from you.
You'll be at the forefront of delivering complex aerospace transition and quality programmes that make a real impact. Working across licensing, acquisitions, and product transfers, you'll provide expert quality guidance on novation activities, lead regulatory authority approvals (including UK CAA, FAA, EASA and Military requirements), and coordinate Design Authority and STC/TSO/ETSO transfer activities.
Reporting to Project Management Office you'll also partner with Project Managers, licensors, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to drive First Article Inspection (FAI) programmes, resolve technical and supplier quality challenges, and ensure projects are delivered on time and to the highest standards. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive quality professional who thrives on solving complex problems, influencing stakeholders, driving continuous improvement, and helping bring critical aerospace products successfully into production.
About you:
At Ontic, our culture is integral to making sure we enjoy our work and deliver for our customers. While we look for the right skillset, we're also looking for someone who will thrive within our recognition and empowerment culture.
To be successful in this role you'll need to be a proactive and collaborative quality professional with a strong technical background and experience within a regulated aerospace environment or similar highly regulated environment.
You'll have a solid understanding of UK CAA, EASA, FAA and military regulations, along with experience of part 145 audits and First Article Inspections (FAIs), product transfers, and regulatory approvals. With excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, you'll be confident managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment while communicating effectively with stakeholders at all levels. You'll be a team player who enjoys driving continuous improvement, making informed business decisions, and delivering high-quality outcomes. Flexibility to travel and adapt to changing business needs is essential.
Benefits
At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance.
Our benefits package highlights include:
- Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- 10 hours paid volunteering time
- Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounts and offers from a range of retailers
Best place to work
We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so:
- We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback
- 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic
No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission.
Our values
Our values are intrinsic to everything we do:
- We share a common sense - we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision.
- We have the freedom to choose - we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo.
- We create the opportunity - we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit.
We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!
