Safety Manager

Finnair; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leisure travel benefit

Health & wellbeing benefits

Gym access

Job summary

Finnair is seeking a Safety Manager within Technical Operations to coordinate SMS and SEMS activities, assess risks, and ensure mitigation actions are implemented in line with EASA, IOSA, and internal governance.

The role emphasizes evidence-based safety decisions, strong communication with stakeholders, and the ability to facilitate risk assessments, with no line management responsibility.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Aviation safety management

Safety risk assessment

Safety governance

Stakeholder management

Just Culture principles

Structured reporting

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

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 decarbonize 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, economically and in a reliable manner. Finnair Technical Operations is responsible for the airworthiness of the Finnair fleet. The key objectives of Technical Operations are safety, reliable flight operations and cost-efficient maintenance processes.

Finnair Technical Operations is now looking for a SAFETY MANAGER.

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.

Working At Finnair

We offer you an exciting opportunity to work in the fast-changing aviation and international travel industry in a culture that drives and enables professional development and continuous improvement. You will be supported by internally highly rated supervisory work with modern leadership practices that we constantly develop.

We are happy to enable our employees to enrich their lives and fulfill their travel dreams by offering a wide leisure travel benefit. We also support the health and wellbeing of our employees through our own Sickness Fund insurance benefit, Epassi sport (culture, health & wellbeing or commuting benefit), gyms around the Finnair campus and activities organized by our hobby clubs.

Contact Information

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

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

Our people are key to our success and the foundation that makes Finnair unique. We are committed to creating a safe work environment where all our people can thrive and succeed. 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.