Aviation Safety Manager

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Lockheed Martin team in Havant, Hampshire as an Aviation Safety Manager. We'll provide you with meaningful work and education opportunities that will allow you to develop your skills and enhance your career with us, but equally important you can also enjoy a strong work life balance. To ensure this we offer a flexible work schedule and a comprehensive benefits package to enable you to live a healthy fulfilling life in and outside of work. Our 4 Flex working week is a particular favourite amongst the team, giving you every Friday off, to spend more time doing the things you enjoy. You will work with the whole business on our airborne platforms, Rotary, fixed wing and UAV. In addition, you will have opportunities to work on our wider, existing portfolio of programmes and future capabilities, which we want you to help shape. You will primarily be home based with occasional travel to the Havant offices and other LM offices such as Gloucester, Culdrose and Westminster. There will be occasional trips to other customer and supplier sites within the UK. This would really suit you If you have a background in safety management within the Aerospace industry, particularly in military aviation safety. You will experience a wide range of engineering activities including:

• Developing and implementing an Aviation Safety Management System against RA1200.
• Managing the Aviation Safety Management System.
• Improvements to the Air Safety Management System and wider engineering practices to improve safety culture across the business. Managing and presenting to the MAA in various working groups and Audits.
• Managing the occurrence reporting system.
• Managing the investigation of safety issues raised and ensuring the implementation of the solutions.
• Provide technical input to programme management and commercial staff and support where required in the use of LM and industry tools with respect to Air Safety.
• Any additional Programme related tasks assigned that are within area of expertise, competence and skill set.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and suppliers across all levels of the organisation both internally and with the customer.
What's in it for you?
• To be part of something challenging that gives you a chance to make a difference.
• Working with a supportive team who wants to see you thrive and grow.
• The opportunity to learn and master new skills.
• Inspiring and mentoring others to develop the next generation of system engineers.
  
  Experience in Aviation Safety Management.
• Experience implementing an Aviation Safety Management System.
• Experience in complying to aviation regulations, i.e. DS 970, CS21, CS25, CS27, CS29 or similar.
• Familiarity with Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Publications (MRP).
• Experience of operating within an aviation authority approval scheme either:
+ Experience of operating within one of the MAA approval schemes - Maintenance Approved Organisation Scheme (MAOS), Design Approved Organisation Scheme (DAOS), Air traffic management equipment Approved Organisation Scheme (AAOS), Contractor Flying Approved Organisation Scheme (CFAOS) Or
• Alternatively experience of operating in a civil Pt 145 Maintenance Approved Organisations, Pt 21 J Design Approved Organisation, Pt 21G Production Approved Organisation or a Pt M Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO)
• Familiarity with Air Safety Management System requirements.
• Familiarity with approved organisations exposition requirements.
• Background in Aviation.
• Ability to lead organisational change.
• Project management and project delivery experience.
• Strong communication skills, and the ability to write in a clear and concise manner, along with briefing upwards to SLT on relevant subjects.
• Positive attitude, and willingness to get involved with tasks.
• The ability to manage tasks and priorities to ensure that assigned workload is delivered when required.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences on sometimes complex issues, topics and engineering principles and practices.
Desired skills, qualifications and experience
• Experience of working in military aviation.
• Experience with an air safety management system to RA1200.
• Held signature/airworthiness responsibility.
• Degree in Engineering or other STEM subjects.
• An understanding of the requirements of a Type Airworthiness Authority.
• Previous Form 4 holder either CAA or MAA.
  
  Lockheed Martin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and reflect our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence. By engaging with all our employees' diverse talents and experiences every day, we can innovate different and better, creating cutting edge solutions and unparalleled customer value., Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) provides systems engineering, software development, training solutions and complex program management for global security, civil and commercial markets. Simply stated, our mission is to be the world's leading global security and aerospace company. To achieve this mission, RMS draws on its core capabilities in advanced platforms and weapons, C4ISR, global sustainment, training and sensors.
  
  At Lockheed Martin our employees come first and therefore your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment you can expect so much more.
We are an employer in support of and offering Flexible working with the option to also work a 4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement. We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:
• Private Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pension
• Dental
• Critical Illness
• Life Assurance
• Travel Insurance
• Employee discounts for top high street shops
• Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counselling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
• Internal training and development alongside out Education assistance programmes
• Reimbursement for a professional membership
• Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave