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About the Role

BAE Systems Saudi Arabia is seeking a Safety Management System Specialist to join its team in Taif. This full-time role serves as a focal point for safety management issues affecting the Typhoon Fleet, reporting to the SMS Senior Specialist. The specialist will assist in establishing and maintaining the Directorate of Aircraft Maintenance (DoAM) Typhoon Safety Management System (SMS), Hazard Management System (HMS), and Error Management System (EMS).

Role Context and Operational Environment

This position is based within the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Typhoon Support Centre (TSC) at King Fahad Air Base (KFdAB), Taif. BAE Systems operates as the UK Government’s nominated Prime Contractor, providing equipment, support, and training to Saudi Arabia, including maintenance of RSAF aircraft. The TSC manages an increasing fleet across multiple bases and deployed locations, with a growing focus on support to capability insertion, obsolescence, developing maintenance requirements, and addressing safety culture and management challenges. The SMS Specialist will be instrumental in supporting the maturity of the Through Life Management Plan (TLMP) and the Safety Management Plan (SMP), ensuring effective control of identified risks and emerging safety issues during management of change activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the SMS Senior Specialist in establishing and maintaining the DoAM (Typhoon) Safety Management System (SMS), Hazard Management System (HMS), and Error Management System (EMS) for Typhoon operations.
• Support the maintenance of all Safety Management Plan (SMP) requirements, including periodic reviews.
• Aid in maintaining the Hazard Log as part of the HMS.
• Identify HMS/EMS stakeholders and coordinate activities to assess hazardous occurrences and progress mitigation efforts.
• Maintain action logs associated with the SMS, HMS, and EMS.
• Perform audits focused on safety management maturity and investigate identified safety deficiencies within TSC service delivery.
• Produce routine and ad hoc reports for SMS, HMS, and EMS, including safety statements and safety case reports.
• Implement safety management activities to support operational requirements of Maintenance Squadrons.
• Act as scribe for safety meetings, including Safety Response Group (SRG) meetings, ensuring documentation and auditable trails for decisions.
• Champion safety culture development initiatives across the DoAM (Typhoon) organisation, focusing on communications, awareness, lessons learned, and training.
• Communicate safety issues to stakeholders through formal processes.
• Provide advice and guidance to stakeholders to ensure effective meeting of safety management requirements.
• Manage and support structured On-the-Job training for RSAF and/or BAES safety team members.
• Review and author policy and processes within the SMS Team.
• Identify and analyse improvement opportunities.
• Perform general tasks as directed by the SMS Senior Specialist, Safety and Quality Manager, and/or higher authority within the SMS and QMS Team.
• Undertake additional reasonable tasks as directed by TSC and RSAF management teams.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

• Degree (or equivalent) in an aeronautical or engineering subject.
• Relevant and practical experience with Safety Management Systems (SMS).
• Appropriate experience from a high hazard industrial sector (*, aviation, defence, nuclear).
• Demonstrated knowledge of SMS and product safety principles.
• Practical experience delivering Risk Assessments.
• Good knowledge of international safety management standards and regulations from high hazard industry sectors (*, EASA, ICAO, GACA, COMAH).
• Experience writing safety reports.
• Strong skills with general IT software tools, including MS Office.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of operational error management.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Tact and discretion necessary for dealing with sensitive information.
• Ability to work under own initiative.

Desirable Skills and Knowledge

• Experience with the Typhoon or other fast jet platforms.
• Experience delivering safety management activities within a maintenance or design environment.
• Completed SMS, Risk Assessment, Safety Case, or Product Safety related training.
• Working knowledge of:
  • Using multiple hazard identification techniques (*, Bow-Tie, SWIFT, What-If, HAZID).
  • Safety case production and the development of safety arguments.
  • Hazard Logs and Risk Registers.
  • Human factors engineering and analysis.
  • Delivering audits.
  • Delivering safety management related training.

Work Type

This is a full-time position with BAE Systems Saudi Arabia in Taif.