Safety & Compliance Manager

Reach Beyond

! CHC provides unmatched helicopter services that enable our customers to reach beyond – to work in remote and challenging destinations that limit others – and come home safely. We are dedicated to our purpose of getting our customers where they need to be, when they need to be there, anywhere in the world – safely and reliably. All you have to do is get on board!

At CHC, we pride ourselves on our values and culture:
Simplicity: Finding the most efficient way in everything we do
Agility: Moving quickly and decisively
Collaboration: Working together with candor and transparency
Innovation: Creating solutions and leading change
Ownership: Working with passion and doing what needs to be done

Role Summary

We are looking for a Safety & Compliance Manager in Ireland. The role will report directly to the Accountable Manager. The Safety & Compliance Manager is responsible for leading the safety management, regulatory compliance, and HESS compliance programs within the business unit.

To ensure company standardization, this role will also report to The Director of Global Safety and Quality.

By leading the safety and quality department, you are required to give safety and quality advice to the local management team and the corporate organization.

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the Safety & Compliance Manager are:

Safety & Compliance duties:

• Liaise with customers and vendors on quality matters
• Liaise with the regulator on safety and quality matters
• Responsible for the organization’s quality audit program
• Ensure that issues affecting quality are investigated, tracked, and monitored
• Ensure all findings are monitored and that corrective and preventive actions are completed
• Influence the business to address quality and/or product safety issues
• Ensure compliance with the organization’s Safety Management System
• Monitor all pertinent proactive and reactive safety reports and where necessary, ensure that appropriate support to deliver follow-up action is taken
• Manage the certification authorities (ACA, SCA) in accordance with policies and procedures
• Ensure that Service Difficulty Reports are submitted to the regulatory authorities
• Responsible for the monitoring and updating of the SMS database

Regulatory Compliance duties:

• Responsible to the Accountable Manager for safety
• Act as the primary liaison between the company and regulatory authorities
• Ensure that compliance documentation and certificates meet regulatory requirements and business needs
• Ensure that the quality audit plan covers all activities under the scope of approval of the organization and escalates issues that require management intervention

Health, Environment, Safety and Security duties:

• Oversee HESS compliance and ensures safety promotion & legislative requirements are met
• Monitor and oversee the Emergency Response Plan

May include other duties as required

Qualifications, Skills & Attributes

The ideal candidate will have the following:

Required Qualifications ( Education, Qualifications, Certifications)

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in an operational environment Essential
• Accredited training in aviation safety management disciplines Essential
• University degree or aviation trade in a technical discipline Desirable
• Incident investigator qualification Desirable
• Lead auditor qualification Desirable
• Possesses a maintenance engineer license and is capable of holding a nominated role from the IAA Essential
• Ability to travel internationally Essential

Skills/Experience:

• Working knowledge of quality tools and ICAO Annex 19 Essential
• Knowledge of regulations applicable to the organization Essential
• Experience as part of or leading an incident investigation Essential
• Demonstrated experience in the rotary wing / SAR air operators environment Desirable
• Demonstrated experience in fixed-wing or general aviation environments Desirable
• Demonstrated experience in Health, Safety and Environmental Management Desirable
• Experienced with Safety Management Systems Essential
• Strong knowledge of MS Office software suite Essential

Attributes/Behaviours:

• Self-motivated and results oriented with a focus on delivery of safety
• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a rapidly evolving and dynamic environment
• Demonstrated team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to participate and deliver outcomes within a team of aviation professionals
• Demonstrated leadership and motivational skills with big picture thinking

Candidates must have the right to live and work in Ireland.