Regulated Safety Risk Manager

Job Title: Regulated Safety Risk Manager

Location: Hybrid (3 days in office / 2 days working from home) | Occasional airside presence required

Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per annum (flexible depending on experience)

Bonus: Up to 40% discretionary annual bonus (payable every March)

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, flexible start/finish times with core hours between 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (e.g., 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, or 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

Travel: Occasional international travel required with ample advance notice

About Our Client

Our client is a global leader in air cargo logistics and supply chain operations, dedicated to connecting businesses and markets around the world. Operating across a comprehensive global network of insourced and outsourced operations, they prioritise safety, compliance, and continuous operational performance.

Role Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Regulated Safety Risk Manager to shape and lead the strategic direction of safety and risk management across their global network.

Operating as a strategic partner to operational and senior leadership, you will translate safety data into actionable insights, drive risk mitigation, and ensure that Safety Management Systems (SMS) deliver continuous performance improvements, regulatory assurance, and resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Safety & Risk Leadership: Define and deliver a risk-based safety strategy aligned with operational priorities. Embed a proactive, data-led approach shifting from reactive compliance to predictive risk mitigation.
• Dangerous Goods (DG) Compliance: Act as the subject matter expert on Dangerous Goods matters, providing strategic oversight to ensure adherence to IATA, ICAO, and local authority regulatory frameworks.
• Safety Performance & Continuous Improvement: Lead a global safety roadmap, perform trend analysis to identify root causes, and champion a Just Culture environment to enhance transparency and reporting.
• Governance, Oversight & Assurance: Oversee the Safety Management System (SMS), deliver executive-level dashboards/reporting, and integrate audit insights and investigations to address systemic risks.
• Business Integration & Influence: Partner with operational, commercial, and functional teams to embed safety into infrastructure and transformation projects. Lead Management of Change (MoC) safety assessments and collaborate with ground handling agents and third-party providers.

Person Specification

Skills & Experience

• Proven compliance and safety management experience within a complex, highly regulated environment (preferably within air cargo, aviation, ground handling, or fast-paced logistics/cargo environments).
• Strong expertise in Safety Management Systems (SMS) and risk-based governance models.
• Data-led analytical mindset with the ability to turn complex safety metrics into clear executive insight.
• Proven stakeholder management skills to influence cross-functional teams and external service providers.
• Knowledge or operational experience in Dangerous Goods (DG) handling and compliance.

Qualifications & Requirements

• NEBOSH or equivalent safety qualification (preferred).
• Formal training in audit procedures or accident investigation (preferred).
• IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) certification (preferred).
• Must have the right to live and work in the UK.
• Must be able to obtain an Airside Identity Pass and pass required background security vetting.

Benefits Package

Our client offers an extensive, industry-leading compensation and benefits package designed to support financial, physical, and personal well-being:

Financial Well-being

• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Up to 40% (performance-based, paid every March).
• Pension: 8% employer contribution.
• Insurance: Life Assurance (4x salary) and Personal Accident Insurance (5x salary).
• Financial coaching access and Plane Saver products (savings accounts, loans, insurance).

Travel & Flight Benefits

• Day 1 Perks: Discounted commercial tickets (Hotline) + Unlimited Basic or Premium Standby flights on mainline & franchise partner airlines for you and nominated family/friends (up to 3 nominees or 2 nominees + children under 24).
• After 6 Months: Access to negotiated Interline travel agreements.
• After 1 Year: Regular annual bookable concession tickets (eligible for Business Class upgrades subject to availability).
• Additional travel discounts across hotels, car hires, and airport parking.

Work-Life Balance & Flexibility

• Hybrid Working: 3 days on campus / 2 days WFH.
• Work From Anywhere: Opportunity to work remotely from abroad for up to 20 days per rolling 12 months.
• Holiday Allowance: 26 days annual leave + bank holidays (with option to rollover 5 unused days or buy up to 5 additional days).
• Flexible bank holiday swap policy and 1 paid day off per year for charitable activities.

Health & Extras

• Free 24/7 on-site campus gym + 24/7 Online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Electric Car Salary Sacrifice scheme & Cycle2Work scheme (up to 42% savings).
• Onsite parking, electric vehicle charging, and discounted airport express passes.
• Free access to LinkedIn Learning and Rosetta Stone language courses.