Flight Operations Inspector: QC&AIIR (Midrand) at Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To ensure that all processes and procedures are followed and that audit results are compliant with the requirements of the Civil Aviation Regulations, ICAO Standards and Recommended practices and internal policies controls, by examining records, reports, operating practices, and documentation prior to the issuance of any certificate, licence and/or approval. To interrogate and investigate all safety related reports and make recommendations in regard to the necessary corrective action and/or regulatory amendments as may be required. A risk-based approach is to be utilised when performing all evaluations in determining the operational level of safety.

Strengthened Safety and Security Oversight system

• Categorise, allocate, validate and review all submitted safety occurrence reports utilising the Centralised Occurrence reporting system (CORs).
• Investigate the identified and allocated safety occurrences and verify compliance to Part 140 of the regulations.
• Monitor and provide feedback on trends identified from the Centralized Occurrence reporting system data and liaise with the SSP Office for safety promotion and awareness.
• Ensure timeous quality control review of files submitted to CSD by the divisions as per CSD SLA.
• Support the implementation of Risk Based performance. 
• Recommend or suggest improvements to the SACAA technical departments to develop and maintain their regulations, guidance material, procedures and relevant forms.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the National State Safety Programme and the National Aviation Safety Plan on an ongoing basis and implementation of approved national objectives and safety enhancement initiatives.
• Perform additional task as assigned by manager.
• Planning
• Timeously manage daily, weekly, monthly allocated tasks.
• Manage own career development plans.
• Financial Sustainability
• Provide input to the development of annual budgets, control of expenditure and implementation of control procedures by providing annual plans.
• Operational Management
• Maintain all QA standards in compliance with the QMS ISO 9000.
• Implement High-level tasks as assigned by the manager.
• Liaison and Policy
• Represent the Authority in engagements and liaise with stakeholders and industry bodies.
• Represent the Authority at International Civil Aviation Organisation platforms.
• Improved Stakeholder Management and Service Excellence
• Technical engagement at the national level.
• To project a satisfactory image of the SACAA to all stakeholders.
• To engage with and provide feedback to industry on technical and regulatory amendments regarding Safety management.
• To provide support to the divisions and the industry to implement the Safety management systems.
• Participate and coordinate as required in the regional cooperation plan.
• Enhance Human Capital
• Adhere to formal and informal training requirements.
• Manage own performance areas to ensure the achievement of agreed objectives.
• Sustain Good Corporate Governance
• Closure of internal and external audit findings.
• Implementation of recommendations emanating from audit findings
• Concise and accurate reporting on strategic and operational deliverables.

Requirements
Minimum Requirement

• Grade 12 (Matric) and Hold or have held Commercial Pilot Licence

Ideal Qualification

• Hold or has held Airline Transport Pilot Licence
• Safety Management Systems Diploma
• Qualification in Safety Management Systems, Quality Control or Aircraft Incident and Accident Investigation

Experience

• 500 hours as a pilot or pilot-in-command of civil or military air transport aircraft