Senior Flight Safety Official

Boeing•Seattle, WA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Test & Evaluation (BT&E) team is seeking a Senior Flight Safety Official to be based in Seattle, Washington. In this high visibility position you will interact with pilots, managers, executives, peers, supporting team personnel, and Subject Matter Experts. The selected candidate for this role will need to have good relationship building and excellent communication skills. This is a non-flying position, aviation medical not required. As a Senior Flight Safety Official, you will support the BT&E Safety Management System (SMS) for flight operations within the Mobility & Surveillance & Bomber + Vertical Lift (MS&B + VL). Additionally, this position will assist with the advancement of SMS within the Metrology & Test Equipment Services (MATES). Assists in administration and management of critical safety programs and activities including flight safety investigations, Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), internal evaluations program (IEP) including Flight Operations Risk Assessment (FORA), mishap plan, lead safety action groups, other safety management system activities including data trending and application of safety taxonomy.

Requirements

The position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee
Bachelor’s degree or higher
5+ years of experience as a flight crew member (ie. pilots, co-pilots, navigator, flight engineer)
At least one leadership position where you were responsible for leading the daily activities for a team and managing projects
Proficient utilizing the Microsoft Office Suite
Are you willing to travel up to 15%

Nice To Haves

10 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience with aviation safety investigations
5+ years of experience working with teammates and management to improve flight operations safety
Knowledge of military flight operations
Aviation safety, aviation SMS, systems safety certificate or degree
Experience in developing and reporting performance metrics
Experience in developing presentations to support safety promotion
Experience applying SMS concepts found in FAA AC 120-92D, CFR Part 5, and ICAO Doc 9859
Experience in investigations and root cause corrective action

Responsibilities

Actively support BT&E Integrated Test Leader for MS&B + VL and MATES Director on safety matters including safety assurance and safety risk management
Support and actively contribute to the continual improvement of BT&E’s SMS
Promote, plan, and conduct safety assurance activities including auditing
Avidly support safety promotion and promulgate a positive safety culture
Manage and investigate safety reports (e.g. Speak Up) to implement containment mitigations and systemic level corrective actions
Perform safety risk management (SRM) activities and lead Safety Action Groups (SAGs)
Frequently interface with safety data analysts, Quality Assurance (QA) and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) counterparts
Provide SME support for Enterprise and business unit level SMS activities
Act as a flight safety liaison for MS&B + VL flight operations in Seattle, Mesa, and Philadelphia
Produce safety reports and updates for BT&E leadership team
Conduct risk assessments and change management activities
Maintain and enhance emergency response plan and conduct integrated emergency response drills with BT&E and its business partners
Conduct periodic safety assessments per DCMA 8210 and Enterprise SMS standards
Lead and participate in incident investigations and root cause/corrective action analyses
Lead and facilitate aircraft impound investigations
Prepare presentations, analyses, and reports for government/customer safety boards, program design reviews, and test/mission readiness reviews