Senior Manager Fleet Safety

• Challenge yourself to facilitate safety outcomes at QantasLink 
• Play a key role in reviewing and assessing safety and operational data 
• Permanent full-time position based in Mascot, Sydney 

We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people today. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.  

Our Regional businesses are an important part of the Qantas Group so no matter where you fit in we come together with pride to deliver the best and safest experience for our customers.  The success we’ve achieved hasn’t been a matter of luck.  It’s a direct result of our strategic leadership.  This means taking accountability for driving results, being competitive and influencing outcomes. 

As the Senior Manager Fleet Safety, you’ll play a pivotal role in bolstering safety, compliance and assurance initiatives within Flight Operations at QantasLink. You will lead and uplift the Fleet Safety Investigations function, ensuring robust, timely, and thorough investigations of safety occurrences across Flight Operations. Leveraging extensive safety and operational data, you’ll drive improvements in our safety performance through proactive analysis, benchmarking, and the identification of systemic and emerging trends and risks. 

You’ll be instrumental in leading the rollout of the Flight Operations Safety Strategy, collaborating with senior leaders and stakeholders to embed a strong safety culture and deliver on key transformation initiatives. Your expertise will ensure that safety management systems and operational standards are implemented, monitored, and continuously improved in line with Qantas Group Management System requirements. 

What you’ll bring to the role: 

• Professional aviation qualifications and significant aeronautical experience as a pilot in airline operations (highly desirable) 
• Demonstrated people management skills  
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills  
• Demonstrated understanding of safety management systems and operational investigation experience in an airline environment  
• Solid experience designing, analysing, and executing reports in a digital analytics or business intelligence (BI) tool, Excel, and PowerPoint using multiple data sources (highly desirable)  
• Strong negotiating and conflict resolution skills  
• Safety audit and risk management experience (desirable)  
• Self-motivated, with the ability to show initiative and flexibility  
• A positive, results-focused disposition and a readiness to tackle challenges  
• Proven ability to lead, influence, and drive change across teams and departments 

Why Qantas?  

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.  

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.   

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.  

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays. 

• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including up to 18 weeks paid parental leave and additional purchased leave options.   

• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships. 

• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.  

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. 

Applications close: Friday, 14th of November 2025