Aviation Safety & Compliance Officer

Support airport safety management and compliance through hazard reporting, risk assessment and corrective actions.

Work pattern

40 hours per week; five eight-hour days, Sunday–Thursday, 08:00–16:00. Occasional out-of-hours work may be required; duty hours and rest are adjusted.

Responsibilities

• Administer safety reporting channels and record hazards, incidents and occurrences accurately.

• Prepare occurrence notifications for submission through the designated reporting channels and track required reporting deadlines.

• Maintain hazard, risk and corrective-action registers, and follow up actions with department owners.

• Support hazard identification, risk assessments and safety reviews before changes to facilities, procedures or services.

• Collect and analyse safety data, monitor safety indicators and highlight recurring trends or emerging risks.

• Assist occurrence investigations and ensure evidence, findings and follow-up actions are documented.

• Support compliance inspections and audits against the aerodrome manual, approved procedures and applicable requirements.

• Maintain safety-management manuals, procedures, registers and controlled records.

• Monitor relevant regulatory updates and help departments identify required procedural changes.

• Coordinate safety meetings, minutes, briefings and awareness activities, and maintain training records.

• Support emergency exercises and track safety findings and lessons from trials and incidents.

• Prepare safety and compliance reports and escalate significant or overdue issues to the designated safety lead or accountable executive.

• Help establish and maintain the safety-management system during mobilisation, under the operator’s approved management arrangements.

Requirements

• Relevant degree or diploma in aviation, engineering, safety or quality, or equivalent safety experience.

• At least 2 years in safety, quality, audit or compliance. The initial safety lead must be able to establish and manage an aviation safety-management system.

• Arabic and working English; aviation safety management, risk assessment and corrective-action tracking skills.

Nice to have

• Training in aviation safety management, auditing or incident investigation.