Manager Safety

Roles and responsibilities

A Manager Safety at EFTA will provide specialist advice on aviation safety matters, including but not limited to safety management activities such as reviewing, evaluating, and processing safety reports, analysing data, identifying hazards, and assessing risks. This role involves monitoring and measuring safety risks, conducting safety investigations, writing reports, making recommendations, change management and promoting safety to minimize flight operation risks, particular investigation of incidents and accidents involving Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA), adhering to ICAO Annex 13 standards, the EFTA Safety Management System manual, relevant safety procedures, and the guidelines set by the General Civil Aviation Authority. And support and/or lead safety investigations, producing reports that identify root causes, systemic safety hazards, and deficiencies affecting air and ground operations, along with recommendations to prevent future occurrences and improve operational safety.

In This Role, You Will

• Provide expert advice and opinion to EFTA management and relevant stakeholders, in matters that influence aviation safety. This includes flying operations, air traffic control (ATC), technical / engineering, cabin, airport and ground operations, flight data analysis, human factors, training, operational management, etc. Participate in formal and informal interdepartmental and external industry meetings.
• Utilise specialised knowledge and experience to manage the investigation of safety incidents involving EFTA staff, aircraft, equipment and associated facilities. In order to determine causal factors, write comprehensive and robust investigation reports, making recommendations to prevent repetition and thereby improving safety.
• As directed, lead or participate in an independent multi-disciplinary investigative team providing expert knowledge and experience to the investigation of accidents, or serious incidents. This may include reacting at short notice and liaising with State Authorities appointed to investigate incidents and accidents involving Emirates Group aircraft or ground operations.
• Safety risk rating of all Air Safety Reports(ASR) and fatigue reports. Monitoring and reviewing the ASR (and related safety reports), safety recommendations and corrective actions to ensure that effective follow-up actions have been taken and identifying further recommendations and corrective actions as needed.
• Review and select suitable safety related information (internally or externally), bringing this to the attention of the Safety Training Manager and / or Safety Promotions Specialist, for dissemination throughout the organisation to increase awareness and aid in safety education; to guide and assist line management in the resolution of safety deficiencies in order to assist in developing a generative safety culture.
• Overseeing various safety risk assessment activities and ensuring that risk and change management registers are kept up-to-date and reviewed regularly. Conduct risk-based trend analysis and communicate potentially hazardous conditions to management, flight and operational ground / technical staff (as appropriate), in a clear and timely manner. Provide employees with advice to assist in resolving safety deficiencies and raising overall safety awareness.
• Maintain up-to-date expert knowledge by participating in, or observation of, safety-critical line department tasks. Undergo appropriate specialised training and recurrent practice where needed, thereby ensuring a multi-skilled capability in all aspects of the job, including non-core activities such as safety audits etc.
• Managing the preparation and presentation of collected materials and data analysis for the relevant Safety Action Groups and Safety Boards. Presenting leading indicators to safety action groups and safety boards. Contributing to the development and management of a Safety Data System Collection Processing System (SDCPS) of the highest standards to ensure that it meets the regulatory requirements for key flight safety stakeholders and provides information for non-punitive effective decision making

Desired candidate profile

• Implementation of effective safety campaigns and contributing to content for safety publications and resources. Regular safety communication to Flight Crew such as the regular Flight Safety Summary. Leading proactive culture improvement programmes based on continual assessment of the safety culture. Preparing and implementing SMS standards across EFTA and other business areas as relevant.
• Activate, manage and if required lead the EFTA Emergency response to accidents and serious incidents. Maintain and update the EFTA Emergency Response Procedures.
  

Qualifications & Experience

To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:

• Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) relevant to a safety investigation role or equivalent specialised professional qualifications such as Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, or Airline Transport Pilots Licence or Licensed Air Traffic Controller, along with an Aircraft Accident Investigator qualification.
• Minimum of 10 years aviation industry experience, including carrying out safety investigations and demonstrating strong technical report writing skills.
• Familiar with modern safety management systems, safety databases, flight data monitoring, systemic investigation techniques, human factors and risk management.
• Knowledge of airline management, modern aircraft operation and associated technology, particularly flying operations, cabin operations, engineering / maintenance, ATC, airport systems, ground operations, human factors / psychology, as appropriate to the role and business requirements.