ROAD SPORT SAFETY MANAGER

ROAD SPORT SAFETY MANAGER (Geneva - Switzerland)

Under the responsibility of the Head of Operational Safety, the Road Sport Safety Manager applies his/her expertise and knowledge to improve safety on Road Sport disciplines worldwide, ranging from national to World Championship level.

MISSIONS AND RESPONSABILITIES:

• Supporting the FIA Road Sport Department, ASNs and Road Sport event organisers to identify and effectively manage the safety risks to competitors, volunteers, officials, marshals, media and spectators.
• Managing operational safety matters related to Road Sport competitions.
• Developing and maintaining best practice guidelines and regulations.
• Conducting detailed accident investigation for incidents, with particular focus on operational factors.
• Defining a budget forecast to deploy the safety strategy.

Managing the Closed Road Commission:

• Definition of objectives according to the FIA strategy, planning, preparation of meetings, follow-up and end-of-year reporting.

Managing the Safety Delegates team:

• Safety expert selection and on-event deployment.
• Ensure the sharing of knowledge is shared between the FIA and ASN Safety Delegates.

Managing the Closed Road Safety Task Force:

• Deployment follow-up / safety expert selection / collaboration between the FIA /ASNs / Event Organisers.

PROFILE:

• Bachelor or Master's Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience of motor sport including a minimum of 5 years in a Motor Sport Federation.
• Strong knowledge of measures related to motor sport accident prevention and injury mitigation.
• Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of complex technical issues using a first principles approach of engineering / science.
• Experience in the organisation of race track and/or motor sport events.
• Experience in the management of projects and budgets.
• Ability to motivate staff members towards a shared objective.
• Excellent English skills (additional proficiency in another European language would be a plus).
• Proficiency in Microsoft and other IT tools designed to enable real-time collaboration between different locations.