Program Manager Maintenance Safety

The Program Manager Maintenance Safety is responsible for ensuring appropriate standards are established and maintained to provide the highest level of safety for Breeze Airways Maintenance operations.

The Maintenance Safety Program Manager is a subject matter expert in maintenance safety practices and procedures for Breeze Airways. As an individual contributor, develops, implements, and leads innovative safety programs and processes. This role exercises considerable judgment to make safety related decisions and ensure aircraft maintenance is performed at the highest level of safety, in accordance with Breeze Airways policies and procedures, and aircraft manufacturer policies and procedures.

• Manages investigation programs for incident or events involving Breeze Airways personnel or aircraft.
  • Evaluates, reviews, and makes recommendations resulting from incident/accident investigations and trend analysis of safety information.
• Partners and supports the Maintenance division with ensuring a robust closed-loop process for employee safety reporting
• Partner with Maintenance division leaders to ensure robust analysis of safety performance risk and ensure effective visibility to mitigation efforts.
• Leads the Safety Risk Assessment (SRA) process for Breeze Airways maintenance and cross-divisional workgroups.
• Responsible for tracking and trending all maintenance related OSHA events and reports and providing mitigation strategies.
• Manages Regionalized Safety Programs/Committees for maintenance operations.
• Reviews and analyzes maintenance delays, cancellations, and Continuing Analysis and Surveillance (CAS) data, to identify adverse trends and make recommendations.
• Represents the safety division at the Maintenance Continuing Analysis and Surveillance (CAS) meeting with safety trends and performance updates
• Performs Hangar and Maintenance Line Safety Audits, as assigned, and reports findings and recommendations to the Manager Operational Safety and Maintenance leadership.
• Manages the Maintenance Safety Promotion and Communication program, to include safety bulletins, safety newsletters, front-line awareness of occurrences, events, and trends.
• Assist the Safety Department in the readiness of the Breeze Airways Emergency Response Program.
• Participates in/facilitates/represents the safety division at:
  • Safety Review Board (SRB) meeting
  • Aircraft Ground Damage Review Board (AGDRB) Meetings
  • Weekly Safety Review (WSR) meeting
  • Employee Injury Review Board (EIRB) meeting
  • Other Breeze Airways safety and maintenance operations meetings
• Maintain proficiency in accident and incident investigative techniques, photographic documentation and technical skills, human factors continuing education, safety research, and investigation analysis.
• Perform all other duties/projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4 years of airline maintenance experience with large commercial or military aircraft.
• A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Mechanic Certificate with Airframe and Powerplant ratings.
• Bachelor’s degree or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Demonstrated understanding of Breeze Airways safety standards and safe operation practices, or equivalent safety experience within the airline or transportation industry (14 CFR 1, the certificate holder’s operation specifications, and the manuals required by 121.133).
• Demonstrated experience with Safety Management System (SMS) concepts, including facilitation of Safety Risk Management (SRM) processes and risk assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct investigations including interviewing, fact finding, and root cause analysis.
• Effective communication skills (e.g., verbal, written, and listening).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Detailed oriented and highly organized, with ability to multi-task and work independently with limited guidance in a fast-paced environment.
• Must promote and represent Breeze’s value of Safety as a safety ambassador, support Breeze’s SMS program, Safety Policy and behavioral standards
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 30 of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years of experience developing policy and procedures and implementing changes within the operation.
• A minimum of 2 years of safety program experience.
• Attended a recognized university safety degree producing program or comprehensive safety certificate program from the U.S. Government, U.S. Armed Forces, or other recognized organization.
• Experience presenting and analyzing safety, data including trend analysis and decision-making from event and investigation reports.
• OSHA experience and training

Skills/Talents

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• Exemplifies Breeze’s safety culture, values, and mission
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to work with individuals and teams at all levels in the organization
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office suite required
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite preferred
• Skilled in data analytics and intelligence software
• High performance orientation, ability to work well under pressure, prioritize projects, meet deadlines, and maintain flexibility
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and time management skills
• Flexibility to work on adhoc projects
• Potential need to work flexible hours and be available on short notice
• Able to maintain a professional appearance
• Must be an appropriate organizational fit for the Breeze culture
• Must promote and represent Breeze’s value of Safety as a safety ambassador, support Breeze’s SMS program, Safety Policy and behavioral standards

Perks of the Job

• Health, Vision and Dental
• Health Savings Account with Breeze Employee Match
• 401K with Breeze Employee Match
• PTO
• Travel on Breeze and other Airlines too!