New Posting - Securiguard

Securiguard - YVR

Working with our internal and external stakeholders, the Airside Superintendent - Airside Safety Escort Program assists in directing airside activities for this critical division of Securiguard's Aviation Operations as part of the YVRAA Airside Safety Escort Services contract.

The role of the Airside Superintendent is to provide oversight for all Airside Safety Escorts. This may involve management over teams of Airside Safety Escorts providing services at multiple sites across the Aerodrome.

Key Responsibilities

• Representative at Securiguard sites responsible for the coordination of teams of Airside Safety Escorts to ensure overall Safety and Security policies, procedures and protocol are adhered too
• Provide leadership, direction and support in real time, to the Airside Safety Escorts in their day-to-day duties
• Acts as health and safety champion. Ensuring that the program maintains its COR certification requirements
• Provide training, as directed by the Manager
• Report directly to the Manager providing daily reports and updates

Job Duties

• Coordinate with the Airside Safety Escort Operations Coordinator to ensure that sufficient levels of trained and certified escorts are available to fulfill the airside operational requirements at any given time.
• Liaise with Airport Authority's operations and engineering staff, as well as the various contract service providers, to ensure that airside projects satisfy all operational safety and security requirements.
• At the direction of the Manager provide safety briefings to unionized staff.
• Provide guidance on aviation safety and security matters ensuring compliance with regulation, legislation and company specific policies.
• Responsible for conducting site reviews as directed by the Manager, developing audit/review reports, reviewing findings, and making recommendations to the management.
• Responsible for training new employees and recurrent training for existing employee in various operational changes as they become available
• Provide leadership, advice and counsel to Airside Safety Escort Program members on safety and security policy and practices that
• include but not limited to Safety Management Systems (SMS), Incident Response, Report Writing and Access Control. Assist the Manager with investigations of significant threats and/or the loss or misappropriation of assets, etc.
• Manage issuance of all equipment and uniforms for the department. Including a fleet of up to 100 vehicles.
• Ensure resources and equipment is appropriately and efficiently allocated. Overseeing Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) as determined by the Manager.
• Ensure staffs maintain mandatory and regulated training and certifications in accordance with legislation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).
• Maintain an understanding of construction methodologies, aircraft movements, airside traffic directives, operational procedures and assessing locations and heights of equipment in relation to runways and taxiways.
• Backfill the Operations Coordinator during vacation
• Data entry and analysis of health and safety related trends
• Represent the company on various committees including, but not limited to Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee, Ramp Operators Committee, Senior Leadership Team.

Experience

• Minimum of three years' experience in an airport environment, preferably in an analytical capacity, or two years' experience in airside operations at a class 1 or 2 aerodrome
• Enthusiastic and committed approach with a track record of building strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels
• Strong management and leadership skills together with excellent communication, influencing, negotiating and engagement skills
• Sound judgment and decision making skills, with a 'hands on', problem solving approach, able to remain calm under pressure and take control of incidents

Qualifications

• Valid Security License issued by the Province of British Columbia
• Valid Restricted Area Identification Card (RAIC)
• Valid Class 5 BC driver's license
• Clean drivers abstract
• Valid 'D' AVOP and/or the ability to Obtain

Working Conditions

• Majority of time working outdoors.
• Up to 12 hours of work each day based on rotating schedule and determined by operational requirements.
• Availability to work evenings and/or weekend work.
• On-call 24/7 for Operations support on critical issues during Snow Ops
• Operate vehicle for daily duties.