Employee Security, Special Cargo & Compliance

Step aboard for your next role: security and special cargo & compliance officer at Martinair Cargo! You will ensure that Martinair Cargo complies with Dutch, European, TSA and IOSA regulations covering operational security, information security, special cargo, military strategic goods and customs activities. Your work helps keep cargo operations safe and compliant.

Employee Security, Special Cargo & Compliance

• Seniority: Medior
• Job area: Logistics & Operations
• Working hours: 32–40 hours
• This vacancy is no longer available after 11-11-2026.

What will you do?

You are Martinair Cargo’s point of contact for security, special cargo and military strategic goods. You keep track of relevant regulations, assess what they mean for operations and turn changes into policies, procedures and concrete actions. You maintain contact with partners, take part in meetings, initiate corrective actions and advise on measures to improve safety and quality.

You will also:

• manage and update the service level agreement with KLM Security Services;
• manage and update the service level agreement with KLM Cargo;
• coordinate and carry out actions arising from discussions about security and special cargo;
• develop the Security Policy and its related internal procedures as effectively and efficiently as possible, while maintaining contact with partners;
• work with a colleague in Special Cargo & Compliance on special cargo, military strategic goods and customs activities.

Where do you land?

Martinair Operating Carrier operates cargo flights from Amsterdam to destinations in Africa, Asia and the Americas. It operates 14 rotations each week, with approximately five stops per rotation. The operation comprises the following areas:

• Flight Operations: Qualified pilots ensure that flights are conducted safely, effectively and efficiently.
• Technical Operations: This area maintains an airworthy fleet, with a focus on maintenance programmes and managing maintenance providers.
• Network Operations: This includes the activities needed to make aircraft turnarounds possible through Ramp Operations, including Security and Special Cargo & Compliance. It also includes planning and delivering schedules and maintaining the slot portfolio through Network Planning & Scheduling.
• Operational Control Centre (OCC): This area monitors and controls daily operations around the clock within a 72-hour planning horizon.

You will join Security and Special Cargo & Compliance. This area is responsible for ensuring and enforcing compliance with regulations concerning operational and information security, special cargo and military strategic goods.

You are responsible for developing the Security Policy and related internal procedures as effectively and efficiently as possible, and for communicating with partners. For special cargo and military strategic goods, you will work alongside a colleague in Special Cargo & Compliance.

This role is covered by KLM’s employment conditions and the KLM ground staff collective labour agreement. Your workplace is the Transport Building at Schiphol-Oost.

Your profile

You carefully examine how regulations and agreements apply to daily operations. When you spot a risk, you explain it clearly and recommend an appropriate measure. You build working relationships with colleagues and partners, consider their views and make decisions when needed. You put forward your position persuasively and handle confidential information with care.

You also meet the following requirements:

• you have a higher professional education (HBO) level of working and thinking; a completed HBO degree is preferred;
• you have at least three years of experience in a security role, preferably in a cargo environment;
• you have an interest in security;
• you have preferably completed Security Manager training with IATA or JAA;
• you have an excellent command of spoken and written Dutch and English.

The following skills complete your profile: building and maintaining relationships, making decisions, persuading others, acting with integrity and communicating clearly in person.

What do we offer

• A challenging role with a unique employer in the Netherlandss;
• A gross monthly salary between € 3.796,93 and € 5.424,18;
• Plenty of room for personal development and great advancement opportunities;
• A good pension scheme;
• 8% holiday allowance;
• A year-end bonus of 8.33%;
• A profit-sharing scheme, up to 20%;
• 25 days of paid holiday and 5 additional days off;
• Great discounts on airline tickets (after at least 6 months of employment);
• A sustainable transport policy - use all public transport for your commute within the Netherlands, free of charge;
• If your job allows: working from home and up to 8 weeks working abroad (within the EU and Caribbean);
• Discount of your health insurance;
• A personal budget for sustainable employability.

The great thing about KLM? No day is the same and you've got friends for life!

Everything is better with a smile on your face.

• A possible assessment including an aptitude test and a security screening.
• A reference check can be part of the application procedure.