Safety Manager

Finnair Plc; Vantaa; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wide leisure travel benefit

Sickness Fund insurance

Epassi sport

Gyms around Finnair campus

Hobby clubs activities

Job summary

Finnair Plc is seeking a Safety Manager for its Technical Operations to coordinate SMS and SEMS, assess risks, and promote a strong safety culture. The role emphasizes hazard identification, change management, and governance alignment with aviation standards.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in aviation or safety-critical environments, a relevant degree, and strong communication with stakeholders in English and Finnish. This is a site-based position with strong safety leadership expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in aviation, safety, or a related field.
• 5+ years in aviation, aircraft maintenance, safety, or similar safety-critical ops.
• Strong understanding of aviation safety management and regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate SMS and SEMS activities within Technical Operations.
• Identify, assess, monitor, document, and promote safety and security risks.
• Facilitate safety risk assessments and management of change reviews.
• Ensure mitigation actions are implemented and followed up.
• Maintain alignment with EASA, IOSA, and internal safety governance requirements.
• Facilitate safety management meetings and risk communications.
• Monitor safety reports, audits, and corrective actions.
• Promote Just Culture and proactive safety learning.
• Analyze safety data to identify trends and weak signals.
• Act as Business Security Officer for Technical Operations.

Skills

SMS knowledge

Risk assessment

Stakeholder mgmt

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Just Culture

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field

Job description

Finnair is a diverse community of professionals who work ambitiously with a big heart and commitment. A strong safety culture is our priority and at the core of our everyday work, never taking it for granted. We are committed to doing our share in solving the climate challenge by determinedly following our science-based pathway to decarbonise our operations. We find meaning in our purpose: With our heart in Finland, we make every journey better, today and tomorrow. Our values – Always Safe, Customer at Heart and Stronger Together– guide us in everything we do.

Finnair Technical Operations unit's task is to execute Finnair's flight operations safely,economicallyand in a reliable manner. Finnair Technical Operations is responsible forthe airworthiness of the Finnair fleet. The key objectives of Technical Operations are safety, reliable flightoperationsand cost-efficient maintenance processes. Finnair Technical Operations is now looking for a SAFETY MANAGER to coordinate Safety and Security Management System activities across Technical Operations. The role focuses on embedding safety risk management, hazard identification, Management of Change, safety assurance, safety promotion, and security compliance into daily aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness activities. The Safety Manager acts as the key focal point for Technical Operations SMS coordination, supporting nominated persons, operational leaders, and safety forums with risk assessments, action follow-up, trend monitoring, safety communication, and cooperation with corporate security. The role strengthens evidence-based safety decision-making and follow-through of safety improvement actions, but it does not include line management responsibility.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate SMS (Safety Management System) and SEMS (Security Management System) activities within Technical Operations.
• Identify, assess, monitor, document and promote safety and security risks.
• Facilitate safety risk assessments and management of change reviews.
• Ensure mitigation actions are implemented, followed up, and effective.
• Maintain alignment with EASA, IOSA, and internal safety governance requirements.
• Facilitate organization’s safety management meetings.
• Monitor safety reports, findings, audits, risk assessments, and corrective actions.
• Promote strong investigation standards, root cause analysis, CAPA follow-up, Just Culture, reporting culture and proactive safety learning.
• Analyze safety data to identify trends, weak signals, and recurring risk patterns.
• Act as Business Security Officer for Technical Operations.

Our expectations

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree from a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in aviation, aircraft maintenance, continuing airworthiness, safety, compliance, quality or another safety-critical operational environment.
• Strong understanding of aviation Safety Management Systems, safety risk management, safety assurance and safety promotion.
• Good understanding of EASA regulatory frameworks relevant to Technical Operations, such as Part-CAMO, Part-145, Part-21 and Part-147.
• Ability to facilitate structured risk assessments.
• Analytical capability to interpret safety reports, findings, trends, KPIs and weak signals, and convert them into practical actions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence without direct line authority.
• High integrity, sound judgment and ability to apply Just Culture principles.
• Good documentation, reporting and presentation skills.
• Digital mindset and ability to use modern reporting, analytics, workflow and AI-enabled tools to improve safety management efficiency.
• Strong English and adequate Finnish language skills, both written and spoken.

In addition, we highly appreciate

• Previous experience with safety reporting systems, occurrence investigation, audit findings, corrective actions, risk assessments or Management of Change.
• Training and experience in aviation safety management, risk management, occurrence investigation, auditing or applicable EASA regulatory frameworks.
• Previous experience working with cross-functional operational stakeholders, external maintenance providers, auditors or competent authorities.

Benefits & Perks

• Wide leisure travel benefit.
• Sickness Fund insurance benefit.
• Epassi sport (culture, health & wellbeing or commuting benefit).
• Gyms around the Finnair campus.
• Activities organized by our hobby clubs.

Deadline: Sunday, 13 September 2026.

Please note that the hiring process includes a pre-employment security clearance and a drug test.

For more information, please contact Pekka Korhonen (Senior Vice President, Technical Operations) by phone [phone] on the specified hours stated below (GMT +03:00): Monday, 31 August between 8am to 10.30am Friday, 4 September between 11am to 1pm.

Our people are key to our success and the foundation that makes Finnair unique.

We cherish diversity and strive to employ people with different backgrounds and experiences, to bring together multiple views to foster our business success.

According to our employee survey, respecting diversity is at a high level in our work community.

You are welcome to join Finnair as your authentic self.

Finnair is a network airline that specialises in passenger and cargo traffic between Europe, North America and Asia. It also offers package tours under its Aurinkomatkat-Suntours brand. Finnair offers direct flights to approximately 40 countries and over 100 destinations.