Senior Safety Specialist

Salus Aviation; George Town; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing aviation company in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Safety Specialist to lead safety audits, ensure compliance with safety standards, and foster a positive safety culture. Ideal candidates are qualified aircraft maintenance engineers with excellent interpersonal and report writing skills. This permanent full-time role offers a challenging and rewarding aviation career, alongside benefits such as an Employee Benefits card and opportunities for community involvement. Join us if you are passionate about safety in aviation!

Benefits

Employee Benefits card of $500

Celebrations on Birthdays and Anniversaries

Holiday Home access

Volunteering time for charities

Qualifications

• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills for stakeholder engagement.
• Proven ability to write and present high-quality audit and investigation reports.
• Familiarity with NZ CAA/EASA rules and requirements is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular safety audits throughout the business.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulatory rules and standards.
• Provide guidance and coaching to managers about audit findings.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Time management

Ability to write professional reports

Education

Qualified aircraft maintenance engineer or significant engineering background

Job description

We are a proudly NZ owned rotorcraft and general aviation business. With bases in Auckland, Hamilton, Queenstown, South Africa and the USA we offer full maintenance, repair and overhaul services, design and modification, parts supply and aircraft sales and leasing. We are a company that is continuously developing our people, expanding our capability and supporting the aviation industry globally.

We are dedicated to living “Excellence at Altitude” in all we do. Our teams operate in line with our culture values of Humanity, Transparency, Capability and Reliability that create a strong foundation for success. We believe Every Part Matters - right down to the smallest bolt—and the same goes for our people. That’s why attracting and keeping great talent is key to our vision of becoming a globally trusted aviation specialist.

The Role

At Salus Aviation safety is how we do business. In the Safety Team we help coach the business to drive and enable safety change. The growth and sustainability of a good safety culture is at the heart of what we do. In your role as Senior Safety Specialist, you will be tasked with performing regular safety audits throughout the business, connecting with people and raising the awareness of safety, and ensuring compliance with safety regulatory rules and standards.

The key tasks include:

• Ensure all areas of regulatory compliance are audited across the business in accordance with audit plans
• Using our investigation philosophy, and working with the just culture framework, create and produce reports in a timely manner
• Provide guidance and coaching to managers to ensure that audit and investigation findings are addressed, and lessons learned are embedded back in the business
• Review the effectiveness of safety audits, suggest and implement improvements as required
• Actively Champion a positive safety culture

Ideally you will :

• Be a qualified aircraft maintenance engineer, or from a significant engineering background
• Have excellent interpersonal skills, able to work closely with internal and external stakeholders to provide clear and objective advice, and both make and assist with decisions about safety issues
• Excellent written skills; with the proven ability to write and present high-quality professional audit / investigation reports
• Be able to take a systems thinking approach, combined with an ability to think critically and solve problems
• Demonstrate an inquisitive, professional and rigorous approach to problem solving and risk identification
• Have excellent time management and task organisational skills, with the ability to cope under pressure
• Ability to work with confidential information and to exercise the highest degree of discretion
• Knowledge of the NZ CAA/EASA rules and requirements
• Knowledge of Health and Safety at Work Act and requirements

What we can offer you:

• Permanent full-time work, Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week
• $500 Employee Benefits card (Extraordinary) from three months service for healthcare
• Celebrations on Birthdays and Anniversaries
• Holiday Home access via Marram Trust
• Humanity Time – Volunteering time for charities
• Work in a highly motivated team focused on “Excellence at Altitude”
• A challenging and rewarding aviation career
• South Auckland Location with free parking

We are a great company who look after our staff and our business is expanding and growing around the world. Joining us gives you stability and an amazing opportunity to work for a company that is growing and going places!

If this sounds like you, 'apply now'! We would love you to Join Us.

Please note: you need to be eligible to work in New Zealand and will be required to undergo and pass pre-employment drug and alcohol tests.