Job Description

At Heart Aerospace we develop the ES-30, a regional electric airplane with a capacity of 30 passengers driven by electric motors with battery derived energy. The ES-30 is expected to enter into service in 2028.

We are now looking for a Safety Manager System (SMS) Manager to join our Quality Assurance team in Gothenburg. Do you have experience from Safety and want to contribute to a more sustainable future?

Your mission

The SMS manager is part of Quality Assurance department and is reporting to the Head of Quality Assurance. You will be having the broad responsibility for the development, operation, and continuous improvement of the Safety Management System (SMS) deployed at Heart Aerospace. You will be a focal point for safety management issues within the Organization and interacts directly with nominated safety representatives.
As key responsibilities, you must develop and implement an SMS in compliance with EASA Part 21 at the Company level. The scope of activity covers the EASA Part 21 Subpart J DOA and Subpart G POA activities.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Creating and maintaining comprehensive and up-to-date documentation of the SMS, including manuals, procedures, and reports.
- Managing the appropriate dissemination of documentation to relevant stakeholders.
- Communicating across the Organization, cultivating and maintaining a proactive and positive safety culture in conjunction with a community of nominated safety representatives.
- Ensuring by training and continuous feedback that everyone understands safety
policy, processes and procedures.
- Supporting operational departments and managers on the use of safety management processes (e.g assisting operational personnel in conducting risk assessments according to a common risk assessment methodology and assigning effective, operationally relevant controls).
- Ensuring that proper safety training is provided so that risk assessment processes are ingrained within the Organization and that safety discussions are facilitated throughout the Organization.
- Fostering a positive safety culture including safety promotion and open reporting culture and ensuring that punitive actions are not taken against individuals making voluntary or mandatory safety reports.
- Defining, implementing and monitoring how the “just” culture policy is applied and reporting to the Accountable Executive when issues are identified.
- Encouraging operational departments and/or individuals to take ownership of safety issues and risks.
- Ensuring consistency and coherence of safety management processes across the organization.
- Ensuring that corrective and preventive actions are managed and implemented by the relevant departments; are performing as intended; and are reported to the safety committee.

You will report to the Head of Quality Assurance and the team consists of 4 people. Your place of work will be at our main office located in Gothenburg, Sweden.