Head - Quality, Safety and Security

About the role

Lead the Quality, Safety and Security department across the build and operating phases of a regional airline. Reporting independently to the Accountable Manager, the role leads the quality, safety-management and aviation-security elements of the Air Operator Certificate application and then runs the function after entry into service.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality, Safety and Security department and its contribution to the AOC application.
• Build and operate the compliance-monitoring and business-continuity function and act as the primary interface with the Civil Aviation Authority.
• Own the airline-wide risk-based audit programme, corrective actions, trend analysis and continual improvement.
• Own the Safety Management System, including safety risk management, occurrence reporting, FOQA, FRMS and just-culture processes.
• Direct aviation-security programmes, training, threat assessments and emergency-response readiness.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of aviation-industry experience.
• Senior leadership experience in quality, compliance, safety management or aviation security within commercial air transport.
• Strong knowledge of ICAO SMS principles, CAR-100, CAR OPS-1.037, compliance monitoring and safety risk management.
• Experience building and operating an integrated quality, safety and security function through AOC approval.
• Regional aviation experience and the ability to escalate significant matters to senior governance bodies.

Experience with turboprop operations and relevant auditing, investigation, SMS or just-culture credentials would be advantageous.