Safety and Airworthiness Specialist

Location: Kentsboro

Safety and Airworthiness Specialist (AU) Our client is offering an opportunity to join their dynamic Safety Management System (SMS) team dedicated to ensuring the safety of our Products and Services. The successful candidate will become part of a large, multidisciplinary SMS team comprising approximately 20 experienced professionals in the deployment and sustainment of the SMS. The successful candidate will lead the SMS within the UK Chinook Programme and will be responsible for ensuring an effective SMS is maintained in this crucial UK MoD programme.

Key responsibilities Lead the Safety Management Systems a. Lead the Safety Risk Management strategy for the Programme to effectively derive hazards and risks. b. Lead the facilitation of Hazard Identification working groups to create, review and mature Bow Ties. c. Sustain a Positive Safety Culture. Lead the management of all CH-47 safety occurrence reports and investigations , ensuring the quality and completeness of all reports.

a. Perform Safety Investigations in response to the triaging of safety reports. b. Interface with both internal and external key stakeholders in the processing and managing of safety reports and issues. Lead Safety Promotion activities in support of the Programme. Manage the SMS meetings schedule for the Programme, ensuring effective audit trail and management of actions and deadlines. Creation and maintenance of SMS documentation relating to the Chinook Programme SMS.

Establish and maintain SMS interface with the MoD Air Safety Teams and key suppliers to the Programme. Manage the safety records in the Centrik tools relevant to the CH-47 Programme and SMS doctrine. Travel within the UK is expected. Essential competencies, experience and qualities Formal Safety Management Systems training and experience, and significant experience in aviation maintenance and/or engineering. Training in Safety Risk Management and experience in utilising Bow Tie methodology.

Experience and understanding of military aviation regulations and their application. Qualified Safety Investigator with experience in conducting and leading safety investigations over several years. A sound understanding of Just Culture principles and their application. Experience in managing large volumes of safety reports using military or civil reporting tools and processes. Experience in working across multiple functions and levels to build relationships and understanding to build trust and a positive safety culture.

Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to use common IT and project management concepts/tools. The role will have significant UK MoD customers, supplier and wider our client interfaces and, therefore, a person who possesses good interpersonal skills balanced with diplomacy and resolve is essential. Desirable competencies Qualified and experienced Human Factors trainer. Experience using the MoD's ASIMS tool for in-service occurrence monitoring and trending, or a civil equivalent system.

Experience in data analytics