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The Boeing Company UK CH-47 Safety Support Official (SMS) in Odiham, United Kingdom
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Boeing Defence UK is offering the opportunity to join their expansive Safety Management System (SMS) team in providing Products and Services Safety. The successful candidate will be joining a large multidisciplinary SMS team of circa 20 experienced members during an exciting time of growth within BDUK.
The Safety Support Official will be responsible to the CH-47 Programme Safety Official to support the implementation and sustainment of the BDUK SMS within the UK MoD CH-47 Programme. The individual will be responsible for developing and sustaining a Positive Safety Culture, providing feedback and engagement with the workforce and ensuring safety reporting and investigations are handled in a timely and effective manner.
Key responsibilities:
Occurrence Management of relevant CH-47 safety reports.
Perform Safety Investigations in response to the triaging of safety reports.
Facilitation of Hazard Working Group to create and mature BowTies.
Develop and sustain a strong Positive Safety Culture within the programme.
Perform safety promotion and feedback.
Delivery of SMS and HF training within the programme as required to support compliance with regulation.
Creation and maintenance of the SMS documentation
Maintain SMS interfaces with the MoD and Suppliers.
Track and monitor safety actions and recommendations.
Safety communication to management, leadership teams and the workforce.
Support to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Party audits.
Maintenance of the Safety Records.
Travel within the UK is expected and some overseas travel may be required.
Essential competencies:
Formal engineering or flying qualification including experience in aircraft operations or aircraft maintenance.
Experience in conducting safety investigations in aviation.
Formal Safety Management Systems training and experience.
Previous military or civil experience in the application of safety policy and SMS requirements in an aviation context.
Experience in growing and sustaining a Positive Safety Culture.
Experience in handling safety reports using military or civil reporting tools i.e. ASIMS, Centrik, Q Pulse.
Develop and use meaningful metrics to evaluate safety status and provide performance visibility.
Experience in working across multiple functions to create relationships and understanding in order to progress difficult issues.
Ability to identify help needed and coordinate with the appropriate leaders and team members.
The candidate should possess strong communication skills, Safety training skills and demonstrate the ability to use common IT and project management concepts/tools.
The role will have significant UK MoD customer, supplier and wider Boeing interfaces and, therefore, a person who is diplomatic whilst being strong minded is essential.
The ability to obtain UK Security Clearance
Desirable competencies:
Qualified and experienced Human Factors trainer/ facilitator.
Experience in the application of a Just Culture model.
Experience using the MoD’s ASIMS for in-service occurrence monitoring and trending or a civil equivalent system.
Training in Safety Risk Management and experience in using and facilitating the creation of BowTies.
Relocation and Visa Sponsorship is not available for this role
Export Control Requirements: Not an export control position
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.
We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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