Wizz Air is a leading European low-cost airline. Our mission is to provide affordable and reliable air travel to everyone, everywhere, while minimizing our environmental impact. We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive team of over 8,000 employees from more than 110 nationalities, who share our values of inclusivity, positivity, dedication, integrity, and sustainability.
As a rapidly expanding airline, we offer exciting career opportunities across a range of functions, from flight operations to engineering, customer experience, finance, and more. We provide extensive training and development opportunities to help our employees grow and succeed in their roles. Joining Wizz Air means joining a team that is passionate about aviation, dedicated to excellence, and committed to making air travel accessible and sustainable for all. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in the aviation industry, we welcome you to explore our job opportunities and become a part of our success story.
Operations Safety and Compliance Manager
Based in Budapest
Purpose of the role
The OPS Safety and Compliance Manager reports to the Senior Manager Safety (Nominated Person SMS) on safety matters and to Compliance Manager on compliance matters.
Responsibilities
The Junior OPS Safety and Compliance Manager is responsible for safety management activities as follows:
- Taking part in development and maintenance of Wizz Air’s Safety Management System
- Monitoring industry legislation changes, safety trends and initiating risk mitigation actions as required
- Performing mandatory reporting to EASA and safety investigations
- Processing safety reports, creating and distributing actions
- Representing assigned safety matters at various safety committee meetings
- Analysing trends and issuing safety recommendations related to the area of responsibility
- Managing safety projects and risk mitigation of safety issues (hazards) assigned
- Managing safety promotion (communication) related to the area of responsibility
- Close cooperation with other operational functions, including regular meetings and tracking of Safety Performance Indicators
- Performing risk assessments and managing the risk register of the area assigned
- Coordinating the wildlife hazard management program
- Participating in internal and external safety-related cross-functional projects
- Performing safety trainings for operations personnel as assigned
- The OPS Safety and Compliance Manager is responsible for compliance monitoring activities as follows:
- Monitoring industry legislation changes, compliance trends and initiating compliance actions as required
- Contributing to the development of Wizz Air’s Compliance Monitoring Function
- Designs and monitors the execution of risk-based audit and inspection plans on the area of responsibility
- Executing full scale audits/inspections including their follow-up as assigned
- Administration of the completion of the assigned audit plan
- Participating in internal and external compliance related cross-functional projects
- Ensuring the systematic review and data validation relevant to finding management in particular
- Managing audits by external / contracted auditors (including IFQP, DAQCP and WLD)
- Performing compliance trainings as assigned
Experience
- 1-3+ years of relevant work experience in safety or compliance field
- Significant experience in SMS (including risk management) and compliance monitoring
- Previous work experience in aviation safety, compliance, air carrier operations
- Experience in management of complex projects
- Experience in Safety Management Systems and risk management
- Previous work experience in ground operation, safety, compliance or quality control
Hard skills
- Good knowledge of SMS and compliance monitoring principles and requirements (EASA, ICAO, IOSA)
- Proficiency in PC and MS Office applications
- Experience with SMS software and tools
- Excellent knowledge of safety management principles
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree
Language
Fluent English (both written and spoken)
Skills and competencies
- Good presentation skills
- Data analysis skills and good knowledge of statistics
- Analytical skills, creativity
- Ability to work autonomously
- Strong time management and organizational skills
When applying, please only provide valid information regarding your educational background and certificates, as the original documents will be requested during the hiring process.
We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your skills and experience. Join the Wizz Air team and discover the world of opportunities.
