Job Description
Responsibilities
Safe and legal flight planning for all Company flights, including payload estimation, MEL / CDL, ETOPs requirements and operating environment considerations.Timely preparation of Crew Briefs including all relevant flight plan filing, weather,
Notam and other information as appropriate for safe and timely flight operations.Monitoring and updating of the Operations system and Flight Following System.Maintaining a weather and NOTAM watch. Alerting of crew to any relevant change.Alerting and escalation of any unexpected deviation or loss of tracking of an aircraft through Flight Following.Monitoring ATC slot times and exploring reroute options relative to actual and predicted delays in excess of 15 minutes. Active input and adjustment for A-CDM airports.Delaying of flight plans and revision of ATC slots in the event of programme disruption.Timely recommendation and adjustment of allocations for the daily aircraft programme to facilitate Regulatory or optimised planning.Timely disruption recovery planning and communication to maintain schedule integrity within cost and safety constraints.Review and where necessary escalate take-off and landing performance limitations for each flight plannedMonitor and have ownership of actions on a per flight basis to improve safety and/ or efficiency including total payload planning
Desired Skills & Experience
Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Airline Operations/Airport management, Hospitality/Tourism/Hotel management, Logistics/Transportation or equivalent.Must acquire Flight Dispatch license or Attended initial flight dispatch course.Preferably with at least 2 years of experience in airline, airport or ground handling operational environment.Familiar with crew, schedule and engineering limitations and impacts.Proficient in both written and spoken English.Proficient in Microsoft and Google software. Familiar with Navtech systems will be added advantages.Comfortable to work in a complex technical environment.Must be able to work on 24/7 shift rotation environment.