Safety Officer (Airside)

Job description / Role

Safety Officer (Airside) - Qatar Aviation Services - Doha

You will be primarily responsible to monitor and analyze safety practices in Ground Handling and Ramp operations to ensure safety awareness is a top priority to all staff and to constantly improve safety standards. Active involvement in the development and delivery of regulatory checks on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis both within QAS and Group entities and other entities including other airlines will enhance the integration of a safety culture throughout the Qatar Airways Group.

The data gathered from regular checks will be compiled, analyzed and summarized to identify trends and presented to several management levels.

You will be required to identify and report on any safety related incident/accidents immediately to the management and follow up any safety related investigations and use initiative to determine the root cause in order to ensure no re-occurrence. Interpret a range of documented regulatory and Company directives as well as verbal instructions for Safety Investigation purposes and provide information by relevant methods internally / externally and enable department operations and effective service across the network. To provide support and assistance to the Safety Manager of ongoing Safety related concerns.

Requirements

You should have a Bachelors Degree with at least 4 years of job related experience. Aviation experience in particular in Ramp operations with GSE extensive knowledge will be an advantage.

You must be proficient in MS Office applications and have well-developed interpersonal skills with excellent oral and written communication. The ability to construct safety briefings / campaigns and deliver safety training programmes in a medium to large corporate organization is an advantage.

About the Company

Qatar Airways is proud to be one of the youngest global airlines to serve all six continents, and thanks to our customers’ response to our offerings, we are also the world’s fastest-growing airline. We connect more than 150 destinations on the map every day, with a fleet of the latest-generation aircraft, and an unrivalled level of service from our home and hub, the Five-star airport, Hamad International Airport in Doha, the State of Qatar.

Travel today involves a mix of short, medium and long-haul segments, with more people travelling than ever before. With the breadth of network coverage today, virtually no destination is unreachable. This is why the commitment to service is paramount; as our guests are travelling farther and more frequently than ever before, the experience on board is an important part of the journey itself.

Since our launch in 1997, Qatar Airways has earned many awards and accolades, becoming one of an elite group of airlines worldwide to have earned a 5-star rating by Skytrax. Voted Airline of the Year by Skytrax in 2011, 2012, 2015 and most recently in 2017, Qatar Airways has won the confidence of the travelling public. We have accomplished these goals by focusing on the details – how we run the business, and how you experience our airline.