Jobs Available at FlySafair

Description

• Conduct safety related audits;
• Identify latent hazards and carry out risk management analyses of those hazards;
• Investigate, analyse and identify root cause of all hazards of incidents and accidents;
• Ensure the operator has adequate mitigation in place for identified safety risks;
• Maintain the internal safety data system, to monitor and analyse trends in hazards, incidents and accidents;
• Ensure continuous monitoring system that evaluates the results of corrective actions with respect to hazards, incidents and accidents;
• Monitor the concerns of the civil aviation industry in respect of safety and their perceived effect on FlySafair;
• Coordinate the organisation's aviation safety programme and all related safety matters;
• Cooperate with the training department with regards to safety training of employees as and when required;
• Investigate all incidents and accidents involving the organisation's assets;
• Action and distribute all accident, incident and other safety reports;
• Collaborate with the security personnel to ensure all aspects of the security programme is implemented;
• In collaboration with the Quality Assurance department, monitor and track aircraft component reliability and service provider audit/s;
• Support the organisational emergency response plan;
• Support the Quality Assurance Manager with compliance related audits;
• Promulgate safety bulletins to all staff within the organisation;
• Support safety awareness based on safety issues identified through the safety system;
• Conduct meetings with all relevant personnel regarding safety matters;
• Ensure that the safety equipment is in an operable state;
• Conduct safety risk audits;
• Participate in both Authority (CAA) and external audits;
• Assist the OSHE Officer in the administration of the OHSE programme;
• Collaborate and build long-term relationships with key stakeholders (Internal and External);
• Supervise external stakeholders with all matters relating to safety in and around Assets.

Requirements

• Grade 12 or Equivalent (Essential);
• Minimum of 5 years' experience involved in the management of an Aviation Safety programme (Essential);
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer License (Current/Expired) (Essential);
• Human Factors in Aviation (Essential);
• Train the Trainer (Essential);
• Aviation Auditor (Essential);
• Safety Management Systems for Aviation (Essential);
• Lead Auditor (Advantageous);
• Accident and Incident Investigation (Preferred);
• Fully Computer Literate (MS Office);
• Attention to detail;
• Interpersonal skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Must be well organised and able to work under pressure;
• Excellent communication (verbal and written);
• The ability to collaborate effectively;
• Ability to prioritise workload;
• Risk Management skills.

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Description

• Lead large projects or processes of complex scope with limited oversight from Manager;
• Lead systems engineering delivery across multiple initiatives and projects;
• Allocate technical tasks and ensure quality with on-time delivery;
• Review and validate designs, proposed solutions and documentation;
• Drive deployment preparation, impact analysis, and release readiness;
• Champion and contribute to continuous improvement in engineering practices and technical workflows;
• Provide systems sign-off on solutions and automations;
• Ensure the execution of change management activities to support successful adoption;
• Ensure delivered solutions are aligned to defined business outcomes and KPIs
•  Apply systems thinking to understand and manage interdependencies, impacts, and connections across the broader technology ecosystem;
• Translate business and product requirements into clear, testable system and integration requirements;
• Define and maintain end-to-end solution architectures, including interfaces, data flows, and integration patterns;
• Design and deliver secure, scalable, and optimised APIs, integrations, and system components;
• Ensure solutions are engineered for high performance, availability, resilience, and long-term scalability;
• Define and own non-functional requirements for digital solutions;
• Perform advanced diagnostics, troubleshooting, and performance tuning across systems and integrations;
• Design and implement observability across systems, including logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting to support production operations;
• Apply secure-by-design principles throughout the engineering lifecycle to protect data, systems, and integrations;
• Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, and interface specifications;
• Contribute to and enforce engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across digital solutions;
• Ensure system designs support business continuity, including resilience, failover, and recovery considerations;
• Act as the technical owner for all gateway-based integrations;
• Ensure gateways are securely engineered, optimised, monitored, and aligned with architectural standards;
• Diagnose and resolve gateway-related performance issues and incidents;
• Ensure secure handling of tokens, certificates, secrets, and encrypted data exchanged across gateways;
• Provide technical leadership to the team and third-party vendors for payment gateway integrations;
• Collaborate with architecture, security, and vendors for gateway enhancements, upgrades, and new implementations;
• Support rollout and validation of new gateway protocols, features, and integration patterns;
• Establish and uphold testing strategies for unit, integration, system, and regression testing, ensuring effective use of test automation;
• Embed quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to prevent regressions and ensure production readiness;
• Ensure internal knowledge bases, support guides, and documentation are kept up to date to support stable operations;
• Maintain secure version control and repository discipline;
• Support vulnerability remediation and compliance;
• Ensure enterprise systems, integrations, and automation initiatives comply with organisational policies, standards, and regulations;
• Create and maintain technical policies and standards governing system design, integration, and optimisation;
• Support internal and external audits by providing technical evidence of compliance and control effectiveness;
• Identify and track technology and platform risks at an enterprise level, ensuring mitigation actions are defined and executed;
• Translate and present technical details for nontechnical stakeholders;
• Manage vendor-related technical escalations and ensure vendor deliverables meet agreed standards;
• Champion the identification of automation and digital optimisation opportunities across systems;
• Support the experimentation phase of new ideas and initiatives;
• Guide successful proof-of-concepts through to scalable, production-ready solutions with clear benefits realisation tracking;
• Set technical direction for automation and digital solutions;
• Mentor and support Digital Solution Engineers;
• Develop and grow Digital Solution Graduates;
• Act as the main technical escalation point for complex integrations and incidents;
• Lead organisational change by driving adoption of scalable, data-informed technologies
• Build cross-functional alignment to deliver stability and growth;
• Promote responsible use of technology with a focus on sustainability and resilience;
• Encourage teams to take accountability, motivate continuous improvement, and cultivate an environment of innovation, curiosity, and excellence.

Requirements

• Grade 12 or Equivalent (Essential);
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology , Industrial Engineering;
• Computer Science or a related field (Essential);
• Postgraduate qualification in Information Technology , Computer Science or a related field (Advantageous);
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Information Technology Systems and Engineering;
• Proven experience in leading large-scale projects (Essential);
• Experience with systems, integration, and automation (Essential);
• Aviation experience (Advantageous).

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Description

• Deliver robust, scalable, and optimised enterprise systems that enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and establish a strong foundation for digital transformation and continuous innovation;
• Deliver system optimisation, enterprise integrations, automation, and digital initiatives;
• Plan and prioritise roadmaps to ensure alignment with organisational needs;
• Execute and oversee project management to drive effective initiative delivery;
• Safeguard stability, compliance, and continuity through proactive risk management;
• Validate technical integrity and reliability through rigorous quality assurance;
• Provide management reporting to maintain visibility of progress and risks;
• Manage financial invoices and budgets to ensure responsible resource allocation;
• Embed scalability into systems and integrations to support growth and evolving requirements;
• Measure delivery outcomes and ROI to confirm that technology investments deliver long-term business value;
• Apply system data, performance metrics, and analytics to guide optimisation and continuous improvement decisions;
• Oversee the operational performance of enterprise systems, integrations, and automation environments to ensure stability, scalability, and compliance;
• Manage incidents, upgrades, releases, and changes to production systems to ensure reliability;
• Use system performance data and analytics to guide improvements;
• Provide leadership and direction to the team;
• Develop technical expertise, ensure knowledge transfer, and promote a culture of problem-solving, innovation, and accountability;
• Promote continuous improvement by evaluating system performance, adopting best practices, and integrating new technologies;
• Encourage professional development in digital optimisation trends and technologies;
• Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure enterprise systems and integrations support organisational priorities;
• Collaborate with vendors and partners to deliver sustainable, scalable solutions;
• Manage external vendor contracts, licences and SLA adherence;
• Ensure enterprise systems, integrations, and automation initiatives comply with organisational policies, standards, and regulations;
• Create and maintain technical policies and standards governing system design, integration, and optimisation;
• Manage risks related to system security, resilience, and business continuity;
• Develop structured approaches to knowledge sharing across systems engineering and automation initiatives;
• Document technical expertise and operational practices for reuse;
• Ensure proper code check-ins, version control, and retention of documentation to support system stability and long-term maintainability, while strengthening intellectual property for future use;
• Ensure successful adoption of system enhancements and integrations through structured change management;
• Align delivery with user readiness, training, and support to minimise disruption;
• Apply recognised change management methodologies to ensure structured and effective adoption;
• Lead organisational change by driving adoption of scalable, data-informed technologies;
• Demonstrate vision and strategic thinking, accountability, and the ability to balance innovation with risk;
• Champion innovation in automation and enterprise architecture;
• Build cross-functional alignment to deliver stability and growth;
• Develop technical expertise pipelines and succession readiness;
• Promote responsible use of technology with a focus on sustainability and resilience;
• Promote data-driven decision making in system optimisation;
• Demonstrate transparent and persuasive communication, adapt to varying audiences, and practice active listening
• Make timely, accountable decisions, empower teams to take ownership, and build cohesion through collaboration;
• Motivate resilience and encourage innovation and structured problem-solving;
• Apply best practice frameworks to guide systems engineering and integration;
• Align to architectural standards for stability and scalability.

Requirements

• Grade 12 or Equivalent (Essential);
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology , Computer Science or a related field (Essential);
• Postgraduate qualification in Information Technology , Computer Science or a related field (Advantageous);
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT, of which 3 years must have been in a managerial role (Essential);
• Experience with systems architecture, integration, and automation (Essential);
• Aviation experience (Advantageous)