Inspector of Air Accidents (Human Factors)

Air Ltd; Aldershot; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency focused on aviation safety in the UK is seeking an investigator to improve aviation safety by determining the circumstances and causes of aircraft accidents. You will deploy at short notice for investigations and must communicate findings to affected families. This role requires a strong understanding of human factors and organizational analysis to promote safety actions.

Qualifications

• Ability to conduct investigations in the UK and worldwide.
• Understanding of human factors and their application in safety improvements.
• Effective communication skills, including briefing families of victims.

Responsibilities

• Deploy at short notice to civil aircraft accidents and incidents.
• Produce reports on human factors and organizational aspects.
• Give technical evidence at coroners' inquests.

Job description

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is part of the Department for Transport (DfT), and our purpose is to improve aviation safety by determining the circumstances and causes of aircraft accidents and serious incidents and promoting safety action to prevent recurrence. We investigate accidents and serious incidents to civil aircraft in the UK and overseas, where there is a UK interest. As part of a multi‑disciplinary team, your primary role will be to investigate the human factors and organisational aspects of these events, with a focus on system level safety improvement.

You will be involved from the outset of accident or serious incident investigations. You will conduct investigations in the UK, including occasionally in the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. You will help the international safety investigation community to improve aviation safety globally by supporting overseas safety investigation authorities. You must be prepared to deploy at short notice within the UK or worldwide.

You will also contribute to the continuing development of the AAIB's human factors capability. This means that you will help to provide opportunities for others to develop human factors knowledge and skills and consider how human factors input and methods should be integrated into our work.

Responsibilities

• Deploying at short notice to civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK or worldwide.
• You will conduct investigations in the UK, including occasionally in the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
• Supporting foreign safety investigation authorities in their work.
• Producing reports into the human factors and organisational aspects of an event and promoting action to improve safety.
• Keeping the families of victims of fatal accidents informed of the progress of an investigation and briefing them on the findings and conclusions.
• Giving technical evidence at coroners' inquests to explain the findings of a report.
• Identify safety issues and encourage safety actions or make safety recommendations to address them, sometimes at short notice.
• Identify and deliver opportunities for human factors capability improvement within the AAIB and be an advocate for the human factors discipline.

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.

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