Role Overview & Specifications

The Airside Safety Investigation Officer is responsible for investigating all Airside occurrences and observations, helping to drive improvement in Airside Safety, and contributing to making a step change in Health, Safety & Environmental performance across the Airside Operation.

Your role will involve:
  • Conducting accident, incident or near miss investigation in accordance with Heathrow airside safety procedures and other applicable legislation.
  • Ensuring that the recommendations arising from reports and investigation are allocated to responsible managers, and performance against these tracked to completion.
  • Providing management information arising from incident reports and safety observation data to enable the development of proactive safety improvement plans to be shared with the wider airside team.
  • Producing communications material which reinforce key safety messages and promote safe behaviours on the airfield.
  • Co-ordinating the completion of Airside Safety improvement initiatives and audit actions ensuring that action plans accurately reflect progress against key activities.
  • Developing positive relationships with key stakeholders as part of safety investigations e.g., NATS, ground handlers.
  • Developing and deliver activities which improve the safety culture within Airside Operations and within Team Heathrow more widely.
These skills are essential:
  • A valid UK driving license- if successful you will require a medical assessment and driving test in order to obtain your airside driver’s permit.
  • Understanding of the regulatory environment under which Heathrow operates, and practical application of relevant documentation, such as that produced by EASA and the CAA – UK Reg (EU) 376/2014’ and ‘UK Reg (EU) 139/2014).
  • Ability to compose clear, concise, and technically accurate formal safety investigation reports in line with Just Culture principles.
  • Ability to build and maintain relationships across multiple departments and Team Heathrow organisations.
  • IT literate with the ability to operation and develop Sharepoint based reports systems, as well as Microsoft Office products to a good level.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

  • Knowledge of Health, Safety & Environmental legislation.
  • An understanding of Airside Operations.

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