Manager, Air Carrier Relations & Safety

Elevate Aviation Group•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The Manager, Carrier Relations and Safety is directly responsible for managing and expanding the company’s third-party air carrier relationships on a global basis. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, growing and managing relationships with key recurring partners and ad hoc provider of lift for Transport Category and Executive Aircraft, in both passenger and cargo configurations while maintaining the highest focus on safety standards to include the vetting of operators to meet the EAG safety requirements.

Requirements

Proven ability to negotiate and partner with air carriers
Knowledge of aircraft operations
Excellent written and verbal communication
Demonstrated ability to take initiative / self-driven
Attention to detail, highly organized
High degree of confidentiality and discretion
Must be willing to travel in U.S. and International
Bachelor's degree preferred.
Minimum 5 years of experience in the 135-charter aviation industry.
3+ years of experience in a safety-related aviation position preferred.

Responsibilities

Carrier Relations
Negotiate preferred carrier agreements including block charter agreements.
Develop and maintain new carrier solutions as the company grows its needs.
Assess the market, analyze trends and make recommendations on preferred carriers based on pricing, models and methods.
Manage escalations and resolve concerns when carriers fail to perform
Maintain and add to the company’s proprietary database of carriers.
Maintain the fleet database to include aircraft features, layouts, photos, and safety status.
Work directly with Operations to properly educate the sourcing function to locate and provide the most effective lift for operations.
Safety
Maintain and update the Emergency Response Plan and Safety Management Program, including safety performance monitoring, driving continuous improvement, updating policies, and educating/ training employees.
Conduct research, analysis, and prepare reports in support of safety investigations and other ad hoc analyses as assigned by the company.
Design, develop and distribute safety information in a visually compelling manner to employees.
Identify and manage appropriate data sources, analyze data, enter findings into our proprietary system.
Make recommendations to leadership in response to current safety concerns and in support of policy and process development.
Responsible for escalating any operation considered unsafe so that a decision can be made around how to move forward.
Works with third party Safety Auditing companies (Wyvern, ARGUS, Isbao).
Create seating maps for all part 135 & 121 aircraft and ensure photos are updated for proposals.
Capture operator details such as aircraft photos, layout, and cabin/exterior photos and upload them internally for accurate descriptions for client proposals.
Performs additional tasks as assigned by the company.