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Safety Management System – C17 Safety Official

Pápa, Veszprém megye Job ID JR2025448784 Category Engineering - Safety & Airworthiness Post Date Mar. 26, 2025
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Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and is the leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defence, space and security systems.  We are engineers and technicians. We are supply specialists and information technologists. We are skilled scientists and thinkers, bold innovators and dreamers.

The C-17 International Field Services organization are seeking an experienced individual to support the Site Leader and work closely with the Maintenance Management team in the implementation and administration of the Safety Management System (SMS) at Papa Air Base, Hungary.  The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and sustaining a Positive Safety Culture, investigating and managing safety reports, and facilitating and supporting the organizations safety risk management strategy.

On-site working is required, with travel within Europe expected. Some overseas travel may also be required.

Key responsibilities:

  • Lead Safety Investigations that focus on Human Performance Influencing factors and Just Culture principles

  • Ensure Safety investigations and occurrence report management are completed in a timely manner and support the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Party safety and audits

  • Facilitate of Hazard Working Groups to aid in the identification and mitigation of organizational hazards

  • Lead Site Safety Action Group meetings to ensure the SMS remains effective

  • Perform Safety Promotion and feedback to continuously improve the organizations safety culture (including feedback to reporters)

  • Deliver SMS training for all C-17 on-site staff

  • Act as the interface with all stakeholders to share and collaborate as required

  • Support the safety impact assessment of all relevant organizational changes in support of change management processes

Basic qualifications

  • A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in an Engineering field from an accredited institution

  • Formal Safety Management Systems training and experience

  • Minimum 5 years aircraft maintenance/operational experience

  • Previous experience in the application of aviation safety policy and SMS requirements in an aviation context

  • This position requires the ability to obtain NATO or US security clearance

Preferred qualifications

  • Qualified Safety Investigator with experience in conducting safety investigations

  • Experience at developing/creating management system

  • Training in Safety Risk Management and experience in using common risk management tools (e.g. Bow-Ties, Risk Registers, safety management software etc.) and Microsoft Office Suite is also an asset

  • Trained to be a Human Factors Training Facilitator

  • Experience in occurrence report management and trending

  • Able to effectively identify and execute opportunities for continuous improvement to strategies, processes and project plans

  • Experience in working across multiple functions to create relationships and understanding to progress difficult issues

  • Possess strong verbal and written communication skills, technical competency, and skills with project management concepts/tools

This position requires the ability to obtain NATO or US security clearance.

The applicant must have valid authorization for maintenance activities issued by the Ministry of Defence of Hungary's State Aviation Department.

Important: The employment will be contingent on the candidate’s ability to satisfy all labor and immigration formalities of the country.

Since you may be placed on an international assignment, your offer is contingent upon your ability to obtain clearances from International Health Services and the receipt of a visa/work permit to the country in which you will be assigned. These clearances are also a contingency for any family members who may be relocating with you.


Applications for this position will be accepted until Apr. 11, 2025



Export Control Details: Non – US based job

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance

This position requires an active or ability to obtain NATO Secret Clearance or US Security Clearance is required.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

Not a Shift Worker (Hungary)


Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are proud members of the Valuable 500 and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

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