Airport Safety Program Coordinator

Job Description:

Airport Safety Program Coordinator

Description

Requirements

MOS Code: 1S0X1 Airforce

Education and Experience : A Bachelor's degree or higher in Business or Public Administration, Risk Management, Occupational Safety, Aviation Management, or related field, and four (4) years of professional experience in administering workplace and occupational health and safety programs, risk reduction programs or management, or airport security or safety operations.

Licenses and Certificates : Valid Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.

General Purpose

Under direction, plan, coordinate, and direct the El Paso International Airport safety program(s) to comply with Federal Aviation Administration and City workplace/occupational safety programs and initiatives.

Typical Duties

Manage, administer, monitor and direct the airport safety programs. Involves: Develop and implement safety and loss control directives, policies, and procedures to prevent injuries, occupational illness, vehicular collisions, and damage to equipment and materials. Conduct or supervise facility inspections and accident investigations; ensure correction of deficiencies; conduct root causes analyses to identify trends and high impact mitigations to improve overall safety performance. Provide safety education and training; serve as subject matter expert on Airport's safety programs and as the safety coordinator/lead for the Airport's safety committee. Respond to notification of emergencies involving employee injuries, property damages and safety violations. Prepare and provide quarterly and annual safety program tracking reports; respond to requests for information, safety violation notifications and/or complaints.

Conduct safety training and inspections. Involves: Devise training programs to present federally mandated occupational health and safety information, promote safety standards on hazardous and infectious materials handling, storage and disposal, vehicle and equipment operation, lifting and carrying procedures, defensive driving programs, and incentive award programs. Conduct training on hazardous materials communication, hazardous chemical handling, emergency response procedures, risk management, back injury prevention, ergonomics, first-aid/Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and driver safety courses. Prepare and conduct training in response to identified trends or hazards to prevent injuries and safeguard work areas. Conduct joint training exercises with tenants, vendors, contractors on emergency preparedness, operations and evacuation plans. Develop lesson plans and review materials for training. Schedule work, training and inspections.

Conduct and assess inspections. Involves: Conduct safety inspections and audits of work areas and sites such as construction sites, office workstations, auto shop, maintenance crews, work trucks, heavy equipment and warehouse sites. Research and analyze work place injuries and accidents to identify trends. Conduct safety roundtable meetings with airport staff following workplace injury/illness reports to provide recommendations to mitigate safety issues. Prepare accident/incident investigation reports. Maintain files and records. Maintain tracking database of training and inspections.

Develop and maintain safety policies and procedures. Involves: Prepare and recommend changes to Airport Safety Manual. Coordinate enforcement of Airport’s Safety Program policies and procedures in compliance with federal, state and local rules and regulations. Develop and recommend changes to internal controls to ensure compliance with industry safety practices. Coordinate safe operational and working procedures with affiliated agencies. Act as the liaison with federal, state and local agencies and departments. Promote safety awareness initiatives and campaigns to inform and educate staff, tenants, and vendors.

Complete assigned administrative duties. Involves: Respond to inquiries and requests for information and/or complaints. Analyze, evaluate effectiveness and recommend changes of safety procedures and programs. Coordinate job site inspections and audits to evaluate operations for potential hazards. Recommend preventive and corrective measures.

Supervise assigned personnel. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.

General Information

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Note: This is an unclassified contract position.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.

Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Determined by agreement

Closing Date/Time: 10/20/2026 11:59 PM Mountain

Salary:

$64,528.18 - $80,660.23 Annually