AIR ADVISOR

JOB DIMENSIONS

• Fixed wings activity: 1 corporate jet; multiple ticketing airlines
• Helicopter fleet: up to 3 helicopters (PHC & DW districts) + spot helicopters
• Number of yearly flights: about 2,500 flights for a total of about 5,000 hrs (PHC & DW districts)
• Number of yearly passengers: about 35,000 pax

HSE & PERSONAL COMMITMENT STATEMENT

At all times, the job holder will:

• Demonstrate personal commitment to the HSE Policy
• Maintain awareness of and ensure compliance with all relevant Statutory and Company HSE standards.
• Actively participate in Company safety awareness and initiative schemes

In undertaking this role, the job holder will:

• Proactively carry out the activities of the job.
• Perform regular HSE meetings with contractors.
• Be responsible for the achievement of agreed objectives and corrective actions defined in the contractor audit plan.
• Adapt to changes in work practices and job activities.
• Act in the best interest of the affiliate at all times.
• Seek out learning opportunities and transfer new skills and knowledge to the job.
• Adhere to the values and principles of the Company Code of Conduct at all times.
• Willingly and openly share good practices.
• Activities 

• Present executive safety results
• Issue safety alerts in case of major deviations are observed.
• Ensure conformity with Group and legislative safety directives and rules pertaining to Company Aviation operations.
• Perform regular HSE / SQM meetings with contractors.
• Demonstrate personal commitment to the HSE Policy and application of the client’s referential
• Maintain awareness of and ensure compliance with all relevant Statutory and Company HSE standards.
• Actively participate in Company safety awareness and initiative schemes.
• Carry out Incidents/Occurrences report and analysis, and keep track of aviation incidents in Synergi.
• Perform regular audits and define action plans, as well as issue quality assurance reports.
•  Fulfill the role of specialist for Aviation operations thereby providing advice and expertise for specifications of Air support and technical inspections of aircraft (fixed and rotary wings).
• Liaise with helicopter operating managers to ensure safe and efficient operations.
• Participates in Aviation Strategy development.
• Maintain accurate and satisfactory accounting, audit, and administration trail. Monitor the achievement of agreed objectives and corrective actions defined in the contractor audit plan.
• Maintain ownership of Company Aviation Procedures and ensure regular updates and improvement of same; also make inputs to Group procedures where and when necessary.
• Ensure maintenance of records and statistics in order to facilitate accurate reporting and KPI; these records are used for cost allocation and invoice checking.
• Provide progress reports to Company on NCAA-investigated safety incidents, insisting on thorough reporting.
• Positively represent the Company on external Aviation forums

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• To control all day-to-day aviation activities and all satellite bases controlled from Port Harcourt and Lagos, in order to satisfy ‘user ‘ requirements whilst optimizing the utilization of available resources, in the medium to long term, to ensure that all possible optimizations are realized.
• To ensure conformity with all Company and legislative safety directives and rules relative to Company aviation activities and to provide advice on aviation matters and policy.
• To liaise with NCAA on all TEPNG / TUPNI Helipad / Helidecks for ensuring annual recertification

• To have a minimum of 10 years of experience as an airline captain/pilot or Maintenance engineering or operations or airworthiness manager in civil aviation
• To have a minimum of 5 years of work experience in an offshore helicopter company
• To hold an international aviation auditor certificate or to have graduated from an air safety academy.
• To possess a good knowledge of all developments in Nigerian aviation legislation, technical innovations, market developments, and performance levels. Keep line management advised and monitor the same
• Profile: Teambuilding awareness, multicultural awareness, environmental awareness, organization/anticipation skills, good command of English language and computer literacy