Chris Grove

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About Chris Grove

PROFILE:• A technical manager with significant experience managing complex aircraft projects, dealing with customers and suppliers and fostering excellent working relationships whilst maintaining cost, quality and schedule performance. • Proven leadership skills involving developing and motivating engineering teams to achieve their objectives.• Well-developed analytical, design and problem solving skills gained from exposure to numerous major technologically advanced aircraft modification and maintenance projects.• Able to lead international teams, work as part of a team and work autonomously. • Significant experience in Airline maintenance and engineering operations including experience on Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Fokker and Embraer aircraft.• Hold Avionics design signatories from EASA and CASA airworthiness authorities.• Hold United Kingdom and Australian Citizenship with current passports.MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:• EASA Form 4 holder for position of Head of Design• Holder of Avionics CVE delegation under EASA DOA Part 21J for Electrical, Instrument and Radio categories.• CASA Authorised Person pursuant to CASR Part 21M, formally CAR35/36/36A, Design Approval Holder.• Has Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status, conferred by Engineers Australia, equivalent to Chartered Engineer status of the Royal Aeronautical Society,• Member of the National Professional Engineers Register (NPER) Aerospace College,• Won “Best Space Industry” award for final year thesis on the multi sensor data integration and development and application of the Kalman filter to Unmanned Airborne Vehicles, UAVs. • Twice member of the Dean’s List of Academic Excellence at the Queensland University of Technology.