Licensed Flight Dispatcher

Emirates; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A major airline in Dubai is seeking a Licensed Flight Dispatcher responsible for operational control of flights. The role involves analyzing flight routes, ensuring safety compliance, and collaborating with flight crews and ground operations. Candidates should have relevant licenses and experience in dispatch. Enjoy a tax-free salary and industry-exclusive travel benefits.

Benefits

Tax-free salary

Travel benefits including discounts on flights and hotel stays

Qualifications

• GCAA dispatch license and at least one year of experience exercising its privileges.
• ICAO dispatch license recognized by the GCAA with a license verification letter and at least three years of documented experience.
• At least five years' documented experience as a dispatcher for a major airline without a flight dispatch license.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and determine routes and flight altitudes for Emirates flights.
• Ensure selection of take-off, destination, enroute, and alternate airports.
• Calculate take-off and landing performance and regulated weights for each Emirates flight.
• Collate and sign the Flight Release per legal and company requirements.
• Manage and avoid potential delays by negotiating airport and airway slots.
• Monitor flights until safe touchdown ensuring ongoing safety.
• Develop an alternative plan of action if a flight is at risk.
• Support Dispatch Duty Manager during disruption events.
• Perform quality checks on General Handling Agent briefing and dispatch services.

Skills

Proficiency in computerized Flight Planning

Proficiency in computerized Flight Watch

Job description

Overview

Flight Operations is the heartbeat of Emirates aviation excellence, bringing together our talented pilots and dedicated support team to ensure a seamless flying experience. Our mission is to operate Emirates aircraft with the utmost safety and efficiency by safeguarding flight safety, building and nurturing talent, navigating regulations, crafting exceptional flight plans, analyzing performance, evaluating airports, and mastering navigation. At Flight Operations, we are dedicated to making every flight a safe, efficient, and well-orchestrated journey.

As a Licensed Flight Dispatcher with Emirates, you will be responsible for exercising operational control and supervision of Emirates flights in accordance with GCAA regulations, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. You will also serve as a critical link between flight crews, ground operations, and third-party service providers to support efficient and coordinated flight operations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and determine routes and flight altitudes for each Emirates flight based on economical factors (including Overflight Permission charges), meteorological, safety, legal, and compliance considerations; analyze and negotiate Route Preferences with relevant ATC organizations; calculate and manage fuel requirements per safety standards.
• Ensure selection of take-off, destination, enroute, fuel, and Extended Twin Operations (ETOPS) alternate airports per legal and company requirements; conduct ETOPS diversion and ETP strategy analyses per air law and company requirements.
• Calculate take-off and landing performance and regulated weights for each Emirates flight; liaise with Ops Control, EK Skycargo and load control regarding payload implications and performance penalties due to meteorological or technical reasons; optimize commercial payload within legal parameters by adjusting route, speed, and altitude.
• Collate and sign the Flight Release per legal and company requirements; prepare and file ATC flight plan and ensure briefing documentation is provided to the operating crew on time for briefing at Dubai and outstations.
• Manage and avoid potential delays by negotiating airport and airway slots with respective government agencies worldwide.
• Monitor flights until safe touchdown and ensure ongoing safety within a weather, technical, airport availability, traffic, and security envelope.
• If a flight is at risk of deviating from the safe envelope, develop an alternative plan of action and communicate with air traffic control, engineering, station staff and flight crew to recover the situation; support flight crew during decision making or troubleshooting processes.
• Support Dispatch Duty Manager during disruption events.
• Periodically perform quality checks on General Handling Agent (GHA) briefing and dispatch services at outstations as part of Route Familiarization Flights.

Qualifications & Experience

• GCAA dispatch license and at least one year of experience exercising its privileges; or
• ICAO dispatch license recognised by the GCAA with a license verification letter and at least three years of documented experience; or
• At least five years' documented experience as a dispatcher for a major airline (if no flight dispatch license exists or is required in the particular state, e.g., EASA region).
• Proficiency in computerized Flight Planning
• Proficiency in computerized Flight Watch

Emirates Group is an international organisation with employees from over 170 nationalities. We encourage applications from across the globe. Your application journey begins by applying via the Emirates Group Careers website. If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted within six weeks of the advert closing date.

Salary & Benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. Details about employee benefits are available in the Working Here section of the Emirates Careers website.