Operational Safety Specialist

2 weeks ago


Crawley, United Kingdom Virgin Atlantic Full time

**Job Details**:
**Salary**: Competitive

**Hours**: Full Time

**Location**: Hybrid role with 3 days a week in our VHQ Crawley, West Sussex

**Contract**:Permanent

**Closing Date**: Sunday 21st May

**In a nutshell**:
At Virgin Atlantic, our purpose is to ensure everyone can take on the world. Our vision is to be the most loved travel company. To achieve both, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to reimagine the world and create thoughtful experiences that feel thoughtfully different at every opportunity.

Our people are game changers who see the world differently. Acting as a loud and proud voice for positive change for our people, places, and the planet, they're not afraid to roll up their sleeves to take on the big things while never forgetting the importance of the small details. So, if you're ready to take your career to new heights, read on.

The Operational Safety Specialist will play a pivotal role in helping the airline to run safely, supporting the Head of Safety, Manager Operational Safety and the wider Safety Team in a variety of areas including undertaking safety reviews & investigations into reported incidents, accidents and near misses.

**Day to day**:
You will contribute to the development and evolution of corporate safety standards across the Operational (and non-operational) areas of the wider business and assisting in maintaining those high standards through proactive Safety/Risk Management, and the continuous improvement of the Corporate Safety Management System.
- You'll be working closely with the Flight Operations team following-up on events that have occurred during flight or on the ground, reviewing digital Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) to determine any trends or issues arising, and deputising for FDM and Flight Safety Action Group meetings.
- Through collaboration and discussion, the Specialist - Operational Safety will communicate and promote our safety standards and just culture; raising those standards through the provision of open reviews, safety inspections, 'challenging the normal' and investigations.
- You will use the outputs as one of the drivers, along with safety data and information, to safeguard the company's assets and staff, customers, 3rd party Service providers, in the UK and across our global operations. Key to the success of this role is your ability to adapt, assess priority, engage collaborators (internal & external) in order to build strong networks and relationships to embed safety as one of our core values.

**About you**:
Are you an aviation safety professional with a strong all round safety abilities and excellent communication skills? If this sounds like you and you have the below skills and capabilities then we'd love to hear from you
- Knowledge and understanding of Flight Operations
- Proven understanding of Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) to conduct analysis and trending relating to digital flight data
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Communicate across all levels of the Organisational Management with strong influencing and diplomatic skills
- Integrity and independence with an ability to balance safety and risk against business and operational demands
- Able to balance multiple tasks/investigations in sometimes fast paced and dynamic situations
- Ability to think analytically and creatively to achieve effective solutions and data interpretation experience would be an advantage
- Excellent IT skills crucial
- Safety / Health and Safety Investigation skills and techniques and a good solid understanding of Risk Assessments
- Specific safety related qualifications and investigation techniques an advantage

**Be yourself**:



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