Job Description

• One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities
• Vibrant campus life with a strong sense of community & inclusion
• Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.

The School of Aviation delivers undergraduate and postgraduate programs that result in the award of professional pilot qualifications. The Flying Operations Unit at Bankstown Airport holds regulatory approvals to conduct flying training, operates 20 aeroplanes and teaches the associated aeronautical knowledge courses. The unit also facilities airborne sensing flight operations to support research and commercial activities.

Effective safety management underpins all aspects of flying operations. The Health & Safety Manager Aviation is responsible to the Director of Flying Operations for the implementation of the Safety Management System in accordance with aviation legislation and UNSW policies and procedures.

The Health & Safety Manager Aviation is fundamental to a risk-based systems approach that identifies hazards, rates the likelihood and consequences, and determines appropriate mitigators. The incumbent will also be responsible for investigating occurrences, conducting and facilitating audits, promoting safety to flight crew members and reporting about safety outcomes to management.

About the role

• $128K - $139k plus 17% superannuation and annual leave loading
• Continuing
• Full-time (38 hours per week)

The role reports to the Director of Flying Operations and has no direct reports.

Specific responsibilities for this role include:

• Collect, classify and record auditable data in relation to safety performance, occurrences, fatigue, contractors, and flight operations to identify trends and inform safety-related decision making.
• Conduct risk assessments by identifying and classifying hazards; using data driven methods to rate consequence, likelihood, and risk; proposing appropriate mitigators; and monitoring effectiveness.
• Investigate aviation occurrences by gathering and analysing appropriate evidence, determining root causes emphasising systemic or latent factors, and report findings to management and other flight crew members.
• Facilitate and conduct audits of safety systems and performance; fatigue; training outcomes and management; and resources.
• Prepare, test, implement, and improve the Safety Management System, including Emergency Response Plans and management of the Emergency Control Organisation.
• Promote safety policies and objectives; a just and reporting culture; and safety awareness within the Flying Operations Unit.
• Achieve and maintain regulatory approval as safety manager for authorised activities.
• Align with and actively demonstrate the Code of Conduct and Values.
• Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the psychosocial or physical health and safety of yourself or others.