Operations Safety Officer

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/DUTIES
* Support the company's and corporation's Safety Management System (SMS) in all aspects
* Conducts or supports investigation of accidents, incidents, and injuries.
* Evaluates processes and activities utilizing quality management processes to promote quality improvement.
* Identifies hazards and performs/assists with safety risk and change management assessments.
* Conduct root cause analysis investigations and provides necessary recommendations on reports or allegations received from the various company reporting systems as assigned.
* Coordinates and works closely with regional, clinical, operations, and maintenance directors on a routine basis.
* Provide guidance to Base Safety Representatives (BSR) on safety related issues within their assigned portfolio.
* Educate company personnel, vendors, and partners by communicating all aspects of corporate safety philosophy and initiatives.
* Measures company policies and regulatory compliance by conducting base audits and evaluations.
* Assign and monitor Corrective Action & Preventive Action (CAPA) plans for unsatisfactory findings during audits.
* Continually monitor operational activities to assist in identifying hazards, risks, and negative exposure to the operation.
* Assist in the facilitation of systems risk management (SRM) process with applicable disciplines.
* Assist with an analysis of operational activities and safety trends of the assigned portfolio.
* Participate in base, regional, and corporate level safety meetings and conference calls as required.
* Support operational leaders as a safety advisor.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience: 5 years' experience as an EMS pilot; EMS medical flight crewmember (Flight Paramedic or Flight Nurse); or A&P mechanic or equivalent. Organizational auditing experience (preferred). Prior experience as an organizational safety representative or equivalent (preferred)

Education: Associates degree; Bachelors degree (preferred)

Skills: Math and writing skills, ability to analyze data and draw conclusions, public speaking

Credentials/Licenses: FAA Certification as a Commercial pilot or A&P Mechanic; Paramedic or RN

WORKING CONDITIONS AND MENTAL/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Working Conditions:
* Occasionally: Works with others, extended day.
* Frequently: Works alone, face-to-face contact with others. Travel via air and ground
* Constantly: Works around others, verbal contact with others, inside.
Physical Demands:
* Occasionally: Walking inside, carrying no greater than 25 pounds, kneeling, stooping, bending, and leaning.
* Frequently: Hearing/listening, clear speech, touching, typing.
* Constantly: Sitting, seeing, reading.
Mental Requirements:
* Frequently: Analyzing, decision making.
* Constantly: Simple reading and writing, high math and writing skills, clerical, memorization, perception/computation, problem solving, simple math skills, judgement and reasoning.

GUIDING VALUES AND BEHAVIORS
Employee must consistently exhibit our guiding principles:
* Patient Care - We continually earn the privilege to care for our patients. It is at the forefront of everything we do.
* One Team - We respect each other and achieve together what no individual can alone.
* Innovation - We are driven to develop solutions that inspire progress.
* Vigilance - We will never waver in our commitment to safety and preparedness in the fulfillment of our duties.
* Ownership - We are accountable for what we do and take pride in how we do it.
* Citizenship - We are dedicated to being good stewards in the communities we serve.