Aviation Security Manager
Job Summary
Wizz Air is a leading European low-cost airline. Our mission is to provide affordable and reliable air travel to everyone everywhere while minimizing our environmental impact. We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive team of over 8000 employees from more than 110 nationalities who share our values of inclusivity positivity dedication integrity and sustainability.
As a rapidly expanding airline we offer exciting career opportunities across a range of functions from flight operations to engineering customer experience finance and more. We provide extensive training and development opportunities to help our employees grow and succeed in their roles. Joining Wizz Air means joining a team that is passionate about aviation dedicated to excellence and committed to making air travel accessible and sustainable for all. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in the aviation industry we welcome you to explore our job opportunities and become a part of our success story.
Aviation Security Manager
Based inBudapest
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
As Aviation Security Manager you will lead aviation security activities for Wizz Air Hungary ensuring strong security standards regulatory compliance and effective risk management across our operations. You will work closely with senior leaders authorities airports and internal teams to keep our people passengers and aircraft safe.
RESPONSIBILITIES (MAIN ACTIVITIES TASKS). THE FOLLOWING BUT NOT LIMITED
Leading and managing AVSEC team members developing their skillset and regularly
reviewing their individual development.
Maintain relationship with key innovative stakeholders
Promoting andpromulgatingGroup AVSEC security standards;
Coordinating compliance of AOC security programspoliciesand procedures to Group security standards;
Ensuring an effective risk analysis threatassessmentand response capability;
Providing an oversight and support to AOC with the security assessment and compliance level of airports and 3rd party providers of Wizz Air network;
Preparing and coordinate with line management security procedures relevant to specific fields of operations and/or processes;
Managing No-Fly list related matters;
Arranging security measures forhigh-riskflights andhigh-riskpassengers (INAD/DEPO) including related risk assessments;
Coordinatesaircraftprotection procedures in cooperation with security managers of AOCs andin accordancewithGroup security standards;
Following up security and compliance trendsin accordancewiththe established KPIs;
Provides regular security updates to company management and crews in case of elevated security threat
Subsequently as anAOC Security Manager is responsible to the Accountable Manager for:
Promoting and promulgating Wizz Air Hungary security standards;
Formulating an overall security policy for acceptance by Accountable Manager;
Establishingmaintainingand continuously improving an effective security management system;
Maintaining effective security liaison with Civil Aviation Authority of Hungary;
Establishing andmaintainingeffective security liaison with governments airportauthoritiesand law enforcement agencies;
Ensuring an effective risk analysis threatassessmentand response capability;
Accepting or rejecting the risk andtake actionaccording to company risk tolerability matrix;
Preparing and coordinate with line management security procedures relevant to specific fields of operations and/or processes;
Preparing and coordinate security part of training for flight cabincrewand office employees;
Monitoring effectiveness of the Wizz Air Hungary Security Program according to security quality control program;
Conducting threat assessment and make special security measures operational during periods or incidents of increased threat;
In conjunction with the Security Regional Specialist managing mid/ long term projects andmaintainingcontinuous oversight of deviations from company standards ensuring the on-time execution of security corrective and improvement actions and the systematic risk assessment;
Liaison with the Functional Heads Wizz Air Central and other AOCs of Wizz Air Group on security matters;
Developsupdatesand manages Wizz Air Hungary security contingency plan;
Reporting all actual or suspected acts of unlawful interference with A/C operations and Mandatory Occurrences (Security) to theappropriate authority;
MEETINGS
Participating in:
Security Council meeting - attend
Weekly Security meeting attend (chair in case Head of Security and Central Services or Senior Security Manager is not available)
Operation Policies and Procedures Group meetings - attend
Safety and Quality Council - attend (optional)
D15 & AOG meeting - attend (optional)
Regulation tracking working group - attend (optional)
Weekly Operational Heads - (optional)
Weekly Network development and Ops - attend
Weekly 1 on 1 with Accountable Manager - attend
AUTHORITIES OF THE FUNCTION
The Security Manager has the authority to:
Approve security assessment for new base/station opening;
Approve security related part of company manuals;
Request and approve immediate termination of operations in certain geographical location of Wizz Air Hungary network or network-wide in case of imminent security threat.
Approve adding ordeletingNo Fly List record for unruly passenger
CANDIDATE PROFILE
EXPERIENCE
4-6yearsworking experience with 3 experience working in aviation industry in managerial position
TECHNICAL SKILLS KNOWLEDGE
Computerproficiency
ICAO ASTP/Management or IATA Management;
Security audit and Quality Control
SMS
SeMS
Threat assessment
EDUCATION
Bachelors or Masters degree.
LANGUAGES
Fluent English both written and spoken
Fluent Hungarian language skills (both verbal and written)
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES
Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management skills.
Detail-oriented structured and able to make sound decisions under pressure.
Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to work across teams.
When applying please only provide valid information regarding your educational background and certificates as the original documents will be requested during the hiring process.
We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your skills and experience. Join the Wizz Air team and discover the world of opportunities.
Required Experience:
Manager
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