Safety Management Systems (SMS) Manager

Job description

Safety Management Systems (SMS) Manager

Vacancy details

General information

Entity

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electrical & Power is one of the world's leaders in aircraft electrical systems. The company is a key player in equipment electrification and in the electric and hybrid propulsion sector. It has over 14,000 employees across 13 different countries.

Reference

2026-170763

Position description

Domain

Performance and Support

Job field / Job profile

Quality - Management system

Job title

Safety Management Systems (SMS) Manager

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Professional, Engineer & Manager

Part time / Full time

Full-time

Job description

The SMS Manager role is a nominated post holder for all of Safran Electrical & Power UK Ltd's approvals under UK CAA & EASA Part 21J (Design), P21G (Production) & Part 145 (Maintenance) and takes responsibility for Pitstone and Twinsburg's Safety Management System (SMS).

The SMS Manager's priorities are to develop, supervise and maintain compliance of the safety management processes and procedures within the organisations Safety Management System (SMS).

The SMS Manager is also seen as the facilitator for changes necessary to effect safety and airworthiness across the organisation.

• Full implementation of an SMS across both Safran Electrical & Power sites (Pitstone & Twinsburg);

• Promote safety awareness within the two organizational sites;

• Ensure that safety management has the same or higher priority level throughout both organisations as any other management and operational processes;

• Implementation of a standardized process for embedding demonstration of compliance with airworthiness requirements across all projects across both sites;

• Facilitating training to increase awareness of airworthiness issues across both sites

• Manage all aspects of the organisations SMS, including full development and implementation of a SMS across Safran Electrical & Power (Pitstone and Twinsburg);

• Monitoring the effectiveness of SMS;

• Initiating corrective actions when necessary;

• Providing safety reports on SMS performance on periodic basis;

• Providing safety advice to top management and proposing corrective actions on safety related-issues as needed;

• Ensuring that safety-related documentation and records are available and up-to-date via Coordination of the weekly PIC meetings.

• Monitor the reliability of SEP products and ensure actions are taken to correct any potential impairment of airworthiness safety.

• Collate, coordinate and analyse all occurrence reports from across both sites. Main coordinator with the authorities for MOR's.

• Providing safety advice and mentoring to management, staff and contractors.

• Maintaining a safety reporting system to identify and manage safety related hazards and risks.

• Investigating or coordinating the investigation of accidents and incidents.

• Identifying and often facilitating ongoing staff training to support SMS objectives.

• Overseeing internal and external safety audit programs.

• Maintaining the company's emergency response plan.

• Promoting general safety awareness and the development of a healthy safety culture within the company.

• Providing management with data to assess the performance of the SMS and areas where improvement is required.

Candidate skills & requirements

Professional Skills:

• MS office proficiency and engineering related tools

• Organization and Project Management

• Extensive UK CAA / EASA Part 21J (Design), Part 21G (Production) & Part 145 Maintenance regulatory requirements

• Good skills for quality issues investigation, audit, analysis and correction / prevention

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram or schedule form

• Good skills to coordinate issues with operations and other areas

• MEDA safety investigator (or equivalent)

• Lead Auditor trained

• Train the Trainer trained

Behavioral Skills:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

• Must have the ability follow up actions effectively

• Ability to manage multiple tasks

• Good leadership, initiative and execution

• Ability to convince, accept responsibility, adaptability-flexibility

Position location

Job location

Europe, UK, England

City (-ies)

Westfield Road LU7 9RH Pitstone, Buckinghamshire