Aviation Safety Manager

About the role

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. is seeking a full-time Aviation Safety Manager to join the Aviation Safety Department at our Grand Prairie, Texas site. In this exempt role, you will report directly to the Director, Safety Programs North America and lead all aspects of the aviation safety functions for the site. Your primary responsibility will be leading internal aviation safety while ensuring strict compliance with aviation safety regulations and Airbus policies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Grand Prairie, Texas site focal point for aviation safety matters and safety promotion activities.
• Collaborate with process owners of aviation production, maintenance, and flight operations to promote hazard identification and safety ownership.
• Maintain the safety reporting system, handle investigation of aviation hazards and incidents, and initiate containment and corrective action(s) as vital.
• Lead the site's Safety Risk Management activities under SMS, to include the site development plan and organizational change activities.
• Monitor and evaluate the results of implemented corrective actions, ensuring that the feedback loop and control measures are in place and working efficiently.
• Engage in continuous feedback and communication for all safety report submitters.
• Develop and review safety communications and promotional material to support the company’s safety culture.
• Maintain the site's flight line safety program, to include development of policy and procedures, providing training, coordination of access control and representation to the flightline steering committee.
• Participate in Flight Test development Pre-Type Inspection Authorization meetings and Safety Review Boards to identify and mitigate flight risks.
• Represent Aviation Safety at operational departmental meetings to raise awareness to safety hazards, initiatives, and other safety information.
• Run the site's Emergency Response Plan (ERP) Everbridge Notification system.
• Collaborate in the development and implementation of AHNA’s Safety Management System (SMS).
• Lead the Safety Risk Management initiatives for the site.
• Organize and facilitate the Safety Action Group (SAG) for the Grand Prairie site and where needed raise risk to the Safety Review Board (SRB).
• Responsible for the development and management of the facilities ERP for aircraft accidents.
• Facilitate Safety Risk Management activities with collaborators to identify, assess, analyze, and mitigate aviation safety risks.
• Ensure accurate and timely delivery of required safety information, including monthly and quarterly summary reports, as well as ad hoc queries.
• Provides weekly/monthly management reports on safety goals and objectives as required.
• Responsible for the creation, delivery and maintenance of SMS training, and ensure employees possess the competencies appropriate with their role.
• Participate and provide technical expertise regarding aviation accident investigations as requested.

Requirements

• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree in aviation, safety or a related field; or equivalent experience (4 years)
• Five (5) + years’ experience in aviation safety and/or helicopter maintenance/flight operations.
• Broad knowledge of aviation safety programs, technical publications, aircraft systems, helicopter aerodynamic principles, FAA operational and safety management regulations, and other fields relating to conduct of flight programs.
• Proficiency in G-Suite or similar software.
• Training in Safety Management System or similar qualifications.

Preferred Skills

• Six (6) + years’ experience in flight operations, aircraft maintenance, and/or safety.
• Accident investigation.
• Human Factors.
• Root cause analysis (e.g. Taproot, Bowtie, SHELL).
• Organizational Change principles.
• FAA commercial/instrument pilot or equivalent with rotorcraft-helicopter rating and/or A&P certificate.
• Proficiency in Smartsheet.
• Techical working knowledge of Flight Data Monitoring systems with associated software.
• Techical knowledge of Helicopter Usage and Monitoring Systems (HUMS).

Benefits

Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”). Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program. Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.

Qualifications

• US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)

Physical Requirements

• Onsite or remote: 90%
• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Daily.
• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily.
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Daily.
• Equipment Operation: able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment. Daily.
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs. Daily.
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs. Daily.
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. Several times a week.
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. Occasionally.
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. Several times a week.
• Walking: able to walk through office daily and production areas including uneven surfaces several times a week.
• PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

Skills

• Proficiency in G-Suite or similar software.
• Training in Safety Management System or similar qualifications.
• Seven (7) + years’ experience in flight operations, aircraft maintenance, and/or safety.
• Accident investigation.
• Human Factors.
• Root cause analysis (e.g. Taproot, Bowtie, SHELL).
• Organizational Change principles.
• FAA commercial/instrument pilot or equivalent with rotorcraft-helicopter rating and/or A&P certificate.
• Proficiency in Smartsheet.
• Techical working knowledge of Flight Data Monitoring systems with associated software.
• Techical knowledge of Helicopter Usage and Monitoring Systems (HUMS).

Pay

Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”).

Schedule

Full-time.