Safety, Security And Training Manager in Crawley Down

Gatwick Ground Services (GGS) provide airport ground operations at London Gatwick and London City Airports. As a wholly owned British Airways subsidiary, we take great pride in delivering impeccable customer service and comprehensive training. We are proud to deliver the highest standard of ground handling to British Airways and our other airline partners.

The role: Safety, Security and Training Manager is accountable for the overall safety, security, and training of Gatwick Ground Services (GGS), ensuring the operation meets all regulatory, corporate and airline partner requirements, ensuring independent safety oversight, robust assurance and a strong safety culture, while enabling operations through clear standards, risk management and effective escalation. The role also provides leadership and governance for operational training.

Accountabilities:

• Safety and Security Performance, Culture and Risk Management: Safety and security performance across GGS operations, ensuring compliance with all regulatory, corporate and customer airline safety standards and processes. Lead the continuous improvement of the Safety Management System (SMS), ensuring a 'Just Culture' through the organisation, with effective communication channels, engagement rhythms, and safety forums. Define core safety and security KPIs. Ensure effective identification, assessment, and mitigation of operational and business safety and security risks.
• Reporting, Investigation and Assurance: Lead the development of a frontline-led reporting culture, improving both volume and quality of safety reporting. Ensure a consistent, proportionate approach to incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Compliance: Own the maintenance of the Integrated Management System (IMS), safety governance structure. Maintain clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities defined within the IMS. Maintain and deliver the audit, inspection and assurance framework set out in the IMS.
• Training compliance: Ensure mandatory and operational training compliance across GGS. Oversee effective systems for training tracking, certification and compliance.
• Continuous improvement: Represent GGS in internal and external safety and security forums. Implement benchmarking and best practice approaches to drive performance and continuous improvement. Translate safety data and operational insight into targeted improvement actions.

Skills & Capabilities:

• Strong leadership capability with the ability to influence across multiple teams and functions.
• Data-driven approach with the ability to translate insight into practical actions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage frontline through to senior stakeholders.
• High attention to detail with a structured, process-led approach.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Essential: Demonstrable experience in safety, compliance or operational risk management within a regulated environment. Experience in aviation ground handling safety. Knowledge of aviation regulatory frameworks. Experience leading safety or compliance frameworks and driving performance improvement. Experience managing or influencing training and competency frameworks. Proven ability to lead and deliver change in operational environments.
• Desirable: Relevant safety, compliance or operational qualifications.

Key enablers/Stakeholders:

• GGS Head of Operations and GGS Leadership Team.
• Operational Managers and Duty Managers.
• GGS Training.
• BA Global Learning Academy.
• CAA.
• GGS Planning.
• BA Safety, Security, Compliance teams.
• GGS Customer Airline representatives.
• Other airline safety, security and compliance stakeholders.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Core safety KPIs (incident rates per 1000 sectors, LTI, audit closure).
• Ensure timely closure of safety and security actions and audit findings across compliance with regulatory requirements.

What we offer: We believe that all the people who work with us should feel valued for the part they play. It’s one of the reasons our rewards go far beyond a competitive salary. Key benefits include:

• Access to discounted flights known as hotline fares, standby tickets and Annual Bookable concessions with British Airways and other code share airlines.
• Access to a Private Health Care scheme and additional health benefits including free winter flu jab.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free staff parking.
• Discounts on public transport and airport food vendors.
• A generous leave allowance (in addition to Bank Holidays) of 23 days, increasing to 24 days after 5 years service.
• Pension scheme.
• Three times annual salary life assurance.

At Gatwick Ground Services you'll have the chance to take on new challenges and move forward in a way that feels right for you. We encourage all those who work for us to consider opportunities right across our business to help you develop and progress. We never stand still, and we don't expect our people to either.

Inclusion & Diversity: At Gatwick Ground Services we all have a part to play to create an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work. Inclusion and diversity are a key driver of innovation and we're looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey as we continue to assist with connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.