ROAD SPORT SAFETY MANAGER
CLOSED ROAD SAFETY ENGINEER (Geneva - Switzerland)
Under the supervision of the Head of Operational Safety, the Closed Road Safety Engineer will apply their expertise and knowledge to improve safety in Road Sport disciplines, including Rally, Cross-Country and Hill Climb, ranging from national to world championship level.
Travel to race events will be required to meet with ASNs, promoters, event organisers and manufacturers to discuss safety matters at the heart of the action.
MISSIONS AND RESPONSABILITIES:
- Supporting the FIA Road Sport Department, ASNs and Closed 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 Closed Road Sport competitions.
- Dealing with promoters, manufacturers and national authorities to identify and improve safety matters
- Managing and deploying new technologies based projects
- 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:
- Minimum of 8 years' experience of motorsport.
- Strong knowledge of measures related to motorsport 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 motorsport 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.
The FIA is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religion or ethnicity, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organisation. Female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
