Safety Management Systems Manager
Cwmbran, Wales
£ Competitive
Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets around the world.
In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran, Wales.
Our benefits include:
- 33 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)
- Pension Scheme, leading salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%
- Private Medical Cover (upgrade to cover family members)
- Salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work
- 4 x Life Assurance
- Interactive benefits platform (tech, retail benefits & income protection)
- Enhanced family friendly policies & employee assistance programme
- Annual share-save schemes
-Career advancement - Safran University and internal -Training and Development Schools
- Corporate Social Responsibility activities
Your Role
As the Safety (SMS) Manager, you will lead and enhance Safran Seats' global Safety Management System, ensuring compliance, reducing risk, and promoting a strong aviation safety culture across all sites worldwide.
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the SMS in line with EASA, ICAO, and aviation regulatory requirements.
- Drive safety culture through hazard identification, risk assessment, occurrence investigation, and risk mitigation.
- Maintain the SMS Manual, procedures, and governance processes, ensuring alignment with DOA, POA, and MOA requirements.
- Deliver audits, inspections, risk assessments, and safety performance monitoring, using data analysis to identify emerging risks.
- Lead investigations into incidents and accidents, identifying root causes and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
- Act as the key point of contact for aviation safety, liaising with the Office of Airworthiness, regulators, customers, and stakeholders.
- Coordinate the global network of Safety Managers and SMS Reporting Officers, promoting consistency and best practice.
- Partner with operational leaders and the Office of Airworthiness to assess, classify, and mitigate safety risks through effective action plans.
- Track and report on Safety Action Plans and risk mitigation activities, working closely with compliance and audit teams.
- Produce and present safety performance, risk, and SMS effectiveness reports to Safety Review Boards and senior leadership.
- Facilitate safety reviews, management briefings, training programmes, and awareness campaigns to strengthen organisational safety capability.
