Senior Manager – CASS & SMS

Frontier Airlines

Sr. Manager of CASS and SMS leading safety management systems for Frontier Airlines.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeRemote • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $100,104 - $132,870 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Advance the maturity of the SMS within Tech Ops through planning, direction, training, and oversight
Increase management’s decision-making effectiveness related to improving human performance by ensuring CASS’s tracking of Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP) elements provides the appropriate data, context, performance metrics, trends, goals, and corrective actions, in a clear and concise format
Manage development and implementation of SMS in accordance with 14 CFR Part 5 and when appropriate, the guidance contained in Advisory Circular (AC) 120-92 as revised
Strategic and tactical planning for the development and implementation of the Tech Ops safety risk profile, to enhance management’s perspective of the operational landscape and aid in effective decision-making
Ensure regular convening of the Tech Ops Safety Action Group and Data Analysis Group, as required by the GMM
Maintain Technical Operational leadership’s awareness of hazards and risk within the operation
Administer SMS documentation standards that promote up-to-date, single source, system-centric records
Strengthen team members’ SMS process facilitation proficiency through training and supervision
Increase and maintain Tech Ops personnel’s System Assessment and Safety Risk Management proficiency levels
Ensure the accomplishment and quality of System Assessments and Safety Risk Assessments through training, process facilitation, documentation reviews/feedback, and Risk Control verifications of effectiveness
Manage the incorporation of Tech Ops Safety Assurance inputs into SMS (such as: VDRP’s, regulatory findings, negative performance trends…etc.)

Requirements

What you’ll need

Required five (5+) years of SMS experience
Required – FAA Safety Management Experience
Preferred five (5+) years aircraft maintenance and or engineering experience
Preferred five (5+) years of project management experience
Preferred – College degree in Aviation Management or Aviation Safety
Required – Understanding of AC 120-79
Required – Understanding of Operations Specifications D074 and D072
Preferred – Six Sigma Greenbelt or above
Required - Demonstrate behavior that portrays the Company core values of Safety, Respect, Trust, Collaboration, Value, and Passion while communicating with personnel and acting on behalf of the Company

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flight benefits for you and your family to fly on Frontier Airlines
Buddy passes for your friends so they can experience what makes us so great
Discounts throughout the travel industry on hotels, car rentals, cruises, and vacation packages
Discounts on cell phone plans, movie tickets, restaurants, luggage, and over 2,000 other vendors
Enjoy a ‘Dress for your Day’ business casual environment
Flexible work schedules that support work/life balance
Total Rewards program including a competitive base salary, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, paid holidays, 401(k) plan, vacation/sick time, and medical/dental/vision insurance that begins the 1 st of the month following your hire date.
The HOPE League, Frontier Airlines’ non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing employees financial assistance during catastrophic hardship

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Hard Skills & Tools

Safety Management System (SMS)Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP)System AssessmentSafety Risk ManagementProject ManagementData AnalysisRisk ControlDocumentation StandardsTechnical Operational LeadershipTraining Facilitation

Soft Skills

Decision-makingCommunicationCollaborationSupervisionTrainingLeadershipProficiency DevelopmentStrategic PlanningTactical PlanningBehavioral Alignment with Core Values

Certifications

Six Sigma GreenbeltFAA Safety Management Certification