Safety & Compliance Manager
Based at Manchester Airport
Permanent position
Great benefits

Why Manchester Airport?

Every year, Manchester Airport connects over 30 million passengers with more than 200 destinations across the globe. As the third largest airport in the UK, Manchester is also in the top 20 airports in Europe. Part of the largest UK owned airport operator group, MAG, Manchester Airport supports over 19,000 jobs onsite and generates around £7.75bn each year for the region.

Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We’re committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities.  Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities.

Benefits

At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:

Flexible and generous company pension plan with various company contribution options (up to 10%) that you can change to suit your personal needs
24 days holiday plus bank holidays
Free parking
Subsidised public transport
Huge range of company discounts
2 volunteering days per year
Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Care Concierge service

The role

As the Safety and Compliance Manager, you’ll lead on aspects of safety and risk across Landside Operations at Manchester Airport, paying particular attention to risk management processes, safety assurance, safety investigation and strategic safety improvement. You’ll conduct audits and implement compliance frameworks, challenging operational practices to continually improve the way we work, and you’ll assess escalation of non-compliance and serious safety occurrence investigations, detailing findings and making recommendations. You’ll also undertake analysis of landside operational data against safety performance indicators and strategy, assess training standards and develop risk management and audit tools for landside compliance.

What will make me successful in the role?

We are looking for someone with a NEBOSH/IOSH and CPC National/International qualification, along with experience in a safety, compliance, or risk management role in a similar complex transport or travel related environment. You’ll also have experience of developing a high-quality safety culture and implementing robust compliance frameworks, through audits and improvement trackers, with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to develop and sustain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

You can contact the team by emailing

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women’s Network, Embrace – Race & Ethnicity Group, Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities including neurodiversity

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