Safety Manager

Job Description:

The Safety Manager administers HAA’s SMS Program as an organization-wide, comprehensive, and preventive approach to ensuring system safety. An SMS includes a safety policy, promotion of a positive safety culture, formal methods for identifying hazards and mitigating risk, and assurance of the overall safety performance of aviation organizations.  An SMS is intended to be designed and developed so the aviation organization’s employees are able to manage risks as a part of the operations and business decision-making processes. An SMS assists an aviation organization’s leadership, management teams, and employees in making effective and informed safety decisions.

The Safety Manger collects data, observes systems, and processes, performs follow-up audits, facilitates recommendations for improvements and champions a safety culture throughout the company. A successful applicant will ensure that all processes needed for the SMS are established, implemented, and maintained. Applicants should have a thorough understanding of how to establish and maintain an effective safety culture and be skilled at balancing business needs with operational risk mitigation. This position can be based at our Hillsboro or Redmond (OR) campuses and it's an on-site position.

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• Administer the HAA SMS Program, based on guidance in Advisory Circular 120-92D
• Within the HAA SMS Program, administer the Confidential Reporting System, which also includes employees and vendors/customers to self-report errors (Incidents) and any safety concerns (Hazards), insuring full confidence under HAA’s Just Culture program.
• Facilitates the system risk assessment (SRA) process for proposed future changes
• Advise senior management and staff on safety and regulatory items.
• Ensure ISBAO Stage Three standards and best practices are maintained and confirm that:
  • Safety management activities are appropriately targeted.
  • Safety risks are being effectively managed.
  • Safety culture is embodied.
• Assist the Department Safety Managers in the development of appropriate safety standard operating procedures and policies under HAA’s corrective and preventive action plans.
• Prepare reports and data required to keep management informed of the status and progress of OSHA and other safety compliance programs.
• Investigate and report on incidents/accidents and facilitate recommendations to preclude a recurrence.
• Implement, review, provide training on HAA’s Emergency Response Plan.
• Communicate to all employees the importance of hazard and error reporting.
• Create and communicate safety and risk mitigation related content to be consumed by staff and students.

Required skills/experience:

• Strong and proven leadership experience verifiable with references.
• Flexible schedule to allow for immediate safety concerns or incident resolution.
• Proficient in reading and interpretation of FAA regulations and guidance.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite.
• Strong judgement

 Preferred skills/experience:

• SMS Program experience and training highly preferred.
• Commercial Pilot with 500 PIC hours preferred.
• 2 years in a supervisory position within a civil aviation company is desired or 3 years in a comparable position in military aviation

Benefits Offered:

• Affordable health care benefits
• Company 401(k) with match 
• PTO (20 days in first 2 years, 25 days after 2 years, 30 days after 5 years)
• 2-week Sabbatical after 5 years
• Discounted flight training
• Employee recognition program

Compensation:

Salary commensurate with experience.