Safety Assurance Specialist - Engineering Investigator

Hello. We’re Virgin Australia. We’re the airline that’s always done things a little different. Our way. The Virgin way. We’re on a mission to make flying better than ‘nice’. And to do that, it takes a team of talented people who are passionate about customer experience, doing the right thing always, with a focus on safety – in the air, on the ground and in our workplaces. A team who values real diversity and inclusion, in a big brand with big ambitions.

The Safety Assurance Specialist – Engineering Investigator is responsible for undertaking ongoing daily quality and safety event reviews and where necessary, investigation of maintenance escapes from Part 145 Aircraft Maintenance Organisations performing maintenance on behalf of Virgin Australia.

The investigator role also has a secondary function of carrying out or assisting with quality audits of Virgin Australia CAMO functions, approved AMO’s and Component Overhaul organisations.

This position will be a permanent position based at our Brisbane Airport Hanger and will report through to the Leader Quality & Safety, Engineering.

What you’ll be doing

• Evaluate and process daily engineering events and evaluate if an event requires further investigation.
• Coordinate with Fleet Engineering to act to correct deficiencies or unserviceabilities reported
• Evaluate and investigate any maintenance errors / escapes resulting from Aircraft Maintenance Organisations carrying out maintenance support on behalf Virgin Australia
• Respond to ATSB ‘Request for Further Information’ regarding engineering events
• Assist in the independent Audit program of external AMOs
• Consistently and professionally respond to communication from other departments regarding engineering Quality and Safety matters
• Participate in cross-functional teams enhancing engineering quality and safety where applicable
• Be a positive change agent for engineering quality and safety initiatives

You’ll be great in this role if you have…

We’re committed to looking after you, with some of the best benefits and conditions in the industry – including (but not limited to) :

When everyone is included, everyone wins

We’re all individuals. And we love that. That’s why we encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people with disability, those from diverse cultural backgrounds, our friends in the LGBTQI+ community, and anyone else who wants to join our family.

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