Senior Specialist - Engineering Investigation
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About the Role
Lead investigation teams for major aviation accidents, conduct safety studies, manage projects, ensure compliance with safety standards, and mentor new investigators.
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Responsibilities
- Lead investigation teams formed to conduct investigation into major/complex accident that occurs in the territory of UAE, as investigator in charge or chairperson.
- Conduct investigation into less size accidents, serious, and incidents, for identifying causes and contributing factors.
- Conduct safety studies/research for identifying aviation safety risks at the national and international levels.
- Represent the UAE in investigations conducted by other States and supervise the UAE team for effective participation.
- Determine the initial response actions (as a Duty Investigator) based on received notifications of accidents and serious incidents.
- Conduct insight analysis of human and organizational factors (engineering aspects) and determine their contribution to the accident.
- Manage the preparation of the investigation Final Report according to the report writing procedure.
- Mentor new investigators and assess their performance according to the AAIS Competency Based Training and Assessment policies.
Requirements
- Lead investigation teams for major/complex accidents as investigator in charge or chairperson
- Conduct investigation into less size accidents, serious incidents, and incidents
- Conduct safety studies/research for identifying aviation safety risks
- Represent the UAE in investigations conducted by other States
- Determine initial response actions as Duty Investigator
- Conduct insight analysis of human and organizational factors (engineering aspects)
- Manage preparation of investigation Final Report
- Mentor new investigators and assess their performance
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead investigation teams formed to conduct investigation into major/complex accident that occurs in the territory of UAE, as investigator in charge or chairperson, for efficient utilization of resources and ensuring effective investigations.
- Conduct investigation into less size accidents, serious, and incidents, for identifying causes and contributing factors.
- Conduct safety studies/research for identifying aviation safety risks at the national and international levels.
- Conduct special/limited scope safety investigations requested by the management for identifying certain aviation safety concerns.
- Represent the UAE in investigations conducted by other States and supervise the UAE team for effective participation in the investigation.
- Determine the initial response actions (as a Duty Investigator) based on received notifications of accidents and serious incidents.
- Assure that accident investigators comply with site safety procedures.
- Conduct insight analysis of human and organizational factors (engineering aspects) and determine their contribution to the accident.
- Lead investigation team assigned to conduct investigations under Annex 13 provisions into a State/military/police air accidents upon request from the concerned authority.
- Lead investigation team as investigator in charge, assigned to conduct investigation for the privilege of other States upon official request from that State.
- Manage the preparation of the investigation Final Report according to the report writing procedure.
Project / Change Management
- Manage teams, working groups, taskforces, to perform projects and tasks relevant to the GCAA strategic plan, and State's initiatives.
- Prepare and present high level working papers and presentations in the international forums to support the UAE soft power strategy.
- Plan and manage the implementation of activities generated by the National Air Accident Committee such as workshops and seminars.
- Plan and manage full scale exercises conducted for evaluation the coordination procedure with the accident site stakeholders.
- Draft standards, policies, procedures, and guidance material for industry relevant to air accident investigation according to the best international practice.
- Support and provide advices to the Assistant Manager EI to manage changes through continuous improvement of functional systems, processes and practices.
- Mentor new investigators and assess their performance according to the AAIS Competency Based Training and Assessment policies and procedures.
Reporting
- Ensure that all functional reports are prepared timely and accurately and meet GCAA requirements and quality standards.
Health, Safety and Environment within GCAA
- Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety, quality and environmental management procedures and controls to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high quality products/services and a responsible environmental attitude as per IMS available standards.
Other Tasks/Accountability
- Perform additional tasks relevant to the role/area of expertise as requested by the management to be able to achieve the objectives/commitments.
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