Senior Specialist: Aviation Safety Systems
Position summary
Introduction
Job description
Regulatory and Governance Compliance - Ensure compliance with Safety data analytics and safety data protection in accordance to ATNS Processes (Policies and Procedures), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - Annexes, documents, and circulars, and Aviation Legislation requirements Civil Aviation Regulation (CAR) & Civil Aviation Technical Standards (CATS). Ensure ATNS safety data complies with its internal safety processes, procedures, directives, and instructions. Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of the ATNS Safety Management System. Lead safety assessments in all change management areas which are subject to the Hazard Identification and Risk Mitigation process. Ensure all mandatory occurrences and applicable hazard reports are reported to the SACAA in the correct format within the prescribed timelines.
Maintain safety data systems, databases, and statistics - Develop and maintain an effective safety data management reporting mechanism including the management and assignment of users according to their safety roles and responsibilities. Request and receive safety recordings to be used for investigations and for distribution to the AIID. Distribute MORs and investigation reports to the SACAA and AIID respectively as required. Management and assignment of External safety audits, ASRs, UCRs, and HAZREPS through all the respective safety tools, including external stakeholder systems such as IQSMS and EMPIC. Ensure that all safety recommendations and safety audit findings and corrective action plans are correctly and timeously populated and updated on the safety data base. Consolidate safety occurrence data for statistical output when requested. Identify and monitor safety data trends and report to management. Manage and maintain the aviation safety portal and all related subsites. Create investigation and audit trackers for statistics compilation. Analyze safety data and produce safety statistics and graphs. Assess the efficacy of implemented recommendations and corrective actions.
Manage Safety Assessments - Ensure that safety risks and hazards are effectively managed in the event of system change to enable the ongoing provision of safety assurance to ATNS. Receive safety assessment requests, evaluate the changes required, and register safety assessments on the relevant register. Ensure the correct and effective composition of the safety assessment team and facilitate hazard and risk identification brainstorming sessions. Train and mentor safety assessment specialists and provide continuation training. Provide subject matter expertise on safety assessments to all relevant projects within ATNS. Conduct oversight and assurance activities on the commissioning and decommissioning of new ATSUs to ensure safety risk management compliance.
Maintain Safety Management Systems - Manage and maintain safety documentation. Present SMS training across all levels of the organization and to all employees. Participate in corporate induction activities. Conduct safety presentations to internal and external stakeholders as required. Create safety content for distribution on internal media. Organize and coordinate appropriate annual safety promotion activities. Participate in safety audit and safety investigation activities. Participate in unit safety investigator training and support.
Safety Committees and Work Groups - Participate in relevant external safety-related committees. Review and provide input to CARCOM's proposed regulations and technical standards. Review and provide input to NASCOM proposals. Provide ATNS responses at Tactical Action Group (TAG) to AIAG recommendations. Prepare reports for the Safety Review Board (SRB) and Safety Action Group (SAG) by reviewing all safety events to extract high-risk events and outstanding recommendations as well as outstanding safety audit data.
Interested applicants are requested to register their CV’s and apply on https://atns.ci.hr/ by no later than 03 November 2025.
If you have not been contacted within 3 weeks of the closing date of this advert, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
ATNS is an equal opportunity employer that strives to achieve a diverse workforce broadly representative of our people. This position will be filled in line with the objectives of ATNS’ Employment Equity Plan and therefore candidates from designated groups, as per the Employment Equity Act of 1998, are encouraged to apply.
People with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Minimum requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- ATCO3
- Degree in management/leadership or business management
Minimum Years of Experience:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a validated Approach/Area Surveillance with a working knowledge of the Safety Management System and the application thereof in an Air Traffic Services (ATS) environment
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as an aviation safety specialist