Safety & Assurance Director

Job Title:

Safety and Assurance Director

Location:

UK, Flexible + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:
Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Lead Aviation Safety. Shape Strategy. Make a National Impact.

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Safety and Assurance Director at any of our Babcock hubs.

As a Safety and Assurance Director, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll provide strategic leadership across safety, health, environmental protection, security, facilities management, risk management, compliance and assurance for our UK Aviation business. This is a high-profile leadership opportunity where you'll influence business performance, strengthen governance, and help ensure the safe delivery of critical aviation services that support national security and public safety.

• Lead the strategic direction for safety, health, environmental protection, security, facilities management and assurance across UK Aviation.
• Drive the effectiveness and continuous improvement of integrated management systems and assurance frameworks.
• Provide independent oversight of compliance, governance, risk management and organisational performance.
• Lead and develop specialist teams responsible for safety, compliance, audit, assurance and related functions.
• Build trusted relationships with regulators, customers, employees and senior stakeholders to maintain confidence and operational excellence.

This is a full-time, permanent role working 37.5 hours per week and can be based at any of our Babcock Hubs, with regular travel required to UK Aviation sites. Hybrid working patterns are available.

• Extensive senior leadership experience leading multidisciplinary teams across multiple sites within a complex, highly regulated aviation environment.
• Significant experience leading safety, health, environment, compliance or assurance functions.
• Strong knowledge of aviation safety management systems, governance, compliance monitoring and risk management principles.
• Experience operating as an Accountable Manager, Nominated Post Holder, senior military aviation leader, continuing airworthiness manager, maintenance manager or equivalent.
• Proven experience engaging with aviation regulators, customers and senior stakeholders.

• Degree qualification in Aviation, Engineering, Safety Management, Environmental Management or a related discipline.
• Chartered membership or fellowship of a recognised professional body such as IOSH, IEMA, RAeS or equivalent.
• Airline Transport Pilot Licence, Commercial Pilot Licence, Part 66 Licence or an equivalent aviation qualification.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels -  ().

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

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