Safety Program Manager

Job Details

Job Location:

Tucson, AZ 85756

Salary Range: $71,195.00 - $ Salary/year

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Under minimal supervision and administrative direction, is responsible for providing oversight of safety and health technical regulatory and policy issues for TAA departments; assists in the management of an airport-wide safety, health loss control and prevention program at Tucson International Airport (TUS) and Ryan Airfield (RYN); responsible for the oversight of all OSHA and safety related training programs within the TAA, to include tracking and re-certification compliance;

responsible for reporting safety, operational and process-oriented results, and to provide systems analysis and process improvement recommendations; develop, implement and manage FAA mandated Safety Management System, including comprehensive safety policies, safety risk management, safety assurance, safety promotion and an occupational health and safety program. Provides consultation and expertise and exercises functional authority over TAA staff in essential matters of occupational safety, risk, and health.

• Support and advocate for TAA’s Mission, Vision, Guiding Principles and act as a champion and role-model of TAA’s Cultural Fundamentals.
• Be a champion for the safety culture at TAA.
• Plans, develops, implements, assesses and audits comprehensive airport-wide safety, and health concerns for TAA departments.
• Develop, coordinate and supervise the implementation and maintenance of a comprehensive airport-wide Safety Management System (SMS), as required by FAR Part 139, with objectives, methods, processes and an organizational structure designed to proactively manage risk, detect and correct safety problems before those problems result in an incident or accident, and reduce the impact/cost of incidents.
• Recommend airport-wide safety and health directives, and maintain airport safety related manuals or handbooks, including preparation and distribution of appropriate updates.
• Provide consultation and expertise and exercise functional authority over airport staff in essential matters of occupational safety and health.
• Determine applicability of administrative and regulatory requirements and other health and safety laws and implement applicable regulations and standards.
• Establish and implement safety training objectives, plans and schedules in the area of health and safety. Schedules will include communication with applicable stakeholders for purposes of maintaining OSHA compliance and deadlines. Conduct or provide safety-related training. Ensure records are being properly maintained by all appropriate division and department leadership.
• Conduct, supervise and/or coordinate facility and site inspections, job hazards analyses and other evaluations to identify hazards and effectiveness of risk control strategies; make recommendations to leadership, as required; implement appropriate corrective actions.
• Monitor airport safety programs; conduct trend analysis; report to airport management on results of analysis, trends and make recommendations related to that analysis
• Conduct audits of corrective actions to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Conduct post-incident investigations as they pertain to safety; develop an airport accident review committee and make recommendations for changes in equipment and/or processes to correct unsafe conditions.
• Assess incident statistics to determine requirements for new or modified training. Communicate incident statistics to TAA leadership on a regular basis.
• Determine the need for and adequacy of new or revised risk controls and associated issues.
• Ensure consistency of procedures and reports with governing documents to include relevant federal, state and local laws,…