Head - Airside Safety & Compliance -

Job Purpose

This position at the Sector level will be responsible for developing and implementing standardize Airside safety framework for airport sector comprising Safety ConOps, SLA with airports, compliance checks, audits, training program for the organization’s safety management system (SMS) to the benefit of accountable managers. It supports a formalized, shared and consolidated strategic vision on Airside Safety, conduct regular audits and reviews.

The manager will perform oversight function in ensuring compliance to national and international regulations by GMR airports.

ORGANISATION CHART

Head - Airside Safety & Compliance will reports to EVP-Strategic Initiatives, Excellence & Chief Safety Officer- Airport Sector.

Key Accountabilities

Accountabilities Key Performance Indicators

Creation of Airside Safety and Compliance framework (ConOps, Internal and external SLA, SOP, KPI/ KPA) etc.

Documentation ensuring clarity of internal organization according to law

Enhanced safety management: Contribute to enhancement of safety management processes and procedures

Monthly network meetingsSafety incidents reduction

Number of initiatives in safety management at Airside

Safety audit planning and implementation

Ensure the coordination of resources dedicated (internal/external) to compliance monitoring

Participate in designing compliance monitoring plans, compliance manual by interfacing with the safety office and airside operations of airports

Collect and consolidate data to monitor compliance at each airport, in liaison with Safety offices.

Ensure document management of compliance activities including regular review of regulation

Carry out internal and external audits and review

Participate in exchanges with the authorities regarding compliance monitoring

Regularity of audits/reviewStandardized compliance manualRegulation follow up

Safety Culture at Airside:

Model and promote an organizational culture that fosters safety practices (regulatory practices and rules, standard operations procedures, compliance monitoring…)

SOP framework

Number of benchmark and proposals

Information gateway:

Act as an information conduit to bring safety issues (incidents/ bird strikes/ excursions, etc) to the attention of management and to deliver safety information to the organization’s staff, contractors and stakeholders.

Coordinate and spur risk assessments by the assets and track the mitigation measures.

Maintaining current safety dashboard of individual airports

Provide and articulate information regarding safety issues within the organization (findings, KPI, actions plan, standardization) Periodicity of deliverable

Promote innovation process at the Airside of each airport and IT development tool on safety

Number of innovation initiativesIT follow up projects

Conduct Cross-functional inter-airport Airside Safety audits/reviews Number of CFT audits conducted

Develop standard Training modules for effective training Training effectiveness, Feedback

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - Additional Details

EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS

DGCA

AAI

Airlines

Ground Handlers

Airside contractors

Other key stakeholders at the Airside

INTERNAL INTERACTIONS

Airside Safety teams

Airside/ Terminal Operations Teams SPOCs

HR

IT

Security and Vigilance

Engineering and Projects

FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS

Other Dimensions

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

Graduate; PGDBA/ MBA preferable

Relevant Experience

10-15 years of experience including 5 years in Airside Operations/ Safety Dept of Airport.

COMPETENCIES