Senior Airspace & Flight Procedure Design Specialist

Serco; Sharjah; On-site; AED 420,000 - 780,000; Full time

Job summary

Serco in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior Airspace & Flight Procedure Design Specialist to provide senior technical leadership for airspace and flight procedure design for the Sharjah DCA, ensuring alignment with UAE modernisation goals.

You will lead the design, review and publication of ATS routes, SIDs, STARs, PBN procedures, and associated AIP materials, and supervise senior staff while coordinating with regulators and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Current or former ATCO licence or equivalent qualification.
• Substantial radar approach and/or area control experience.
• Formal PANS-OPS flight procedure design training.
• Formal training in PBN airspace design or equivalent.
• Competence under a recognised Flight Procedure Designer scheme.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership in airspace and flight procedure design for Sharjah DCA.
• Lead redesign and optimisation of UAE airspace and Sharjah interfaces.
• Develop and assure airspace concepts, ATS routes, SIDs, STARs, and PBN procedures.
• Coordinate with regulators, ANSPs, airlines, and airports; publish through appropriate channels.

Skills

Radar/ATC experience

Airspace design knowledge

PBN procedures knowledge

Flight procedure design

Education

ATCO licence or equivalent

PANS-OPS flight procedure design training

PBN airspace design training

Flight Procedure Designer training/competency scheme

English proficiency

Job description

The Senior Airspace & Flight Procedure Design Specialist will provide senior technical leadership and subject matter expertise in airspace design and flight procedure design on behalf of Serco and the Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), ensuring that Sharjah’s current and future operational requirements are fully represented, technically substantiated and integrated into UAE airspace modernisation.

The role will act as Sharjah DCA’s principal technical representative for:

• The redesign and enhancement of the Dubai Control Area (CTA);
• The wider UAE airspace redesign programme anticipated over the next three years;
• The design and optimisation of airspace serving Sharjah aerodrome, approach and area control interfaces; and
• The feasibility, definition and, subject to approval, implementation of a Sharjah CTA and Sharjah Approach Control service.

The role will develop, coordinate, review and technically assure airspace concepts and flight procedure requirements, including ATS routes, SIDs, STARs, holding procedures, instrument approach procedures, PBN applications, ATC surveillance minimum altitude products and the associated AIP and AIRAC material.

The role is responsible for ensuring that proposed solutions:

• Are safe, operationally workable, capacity-efficient and compatible with adjacent airspace;
• Support Sharjah Airport, airline growth, resilience and long-term service development;
• Are supported by appropriate data, modelling, simulation, safety assessment and stakeholder consultation; and
• Are designed, verified, validated, approved and published through the applicable GCAA and certified Flight Procedure Design Service Provider arrangements.

Essential Qualifications

• Current or former Air Traffic Control Officer with a recognised ATCO licence or equivalent operational qualification;
• Substantial operational experience in radar approach and/or area control is mandatory; aerodrome control experience is highly desirable;
• Formal PANS-OPS flight procedure design training from a recognised provider, covering conventional and PBN procedures;
• Formal training in PBN airspace design, airspace concept development or an equivalent recognised programme;
• Demonstrable current competence under a recognised Flight Procedure Designer training and competency scheme, including OJT and recurrent or refresher training; and
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English.

Experience

• Minimum 15 years of relevant ATM or ANS experience;
• Minimum 8 years of operational ATC experience, including significant radar approach and/or area control exposure;
• Minimum 7 years of airspace and/or flight procedure design experience, including senior or lead responsibility;
• Demonstrable portfolio of airspace structures and flight procedures progressed from concept through validation, approval, AIP publication and operational implementation;
• Direct experience with PBN SIDs, STARs and instrument approaches, ATS route design and complex terminal airspace;
• Experience in a major CTA, TMA, ACC, national airspace or multi-airport redesign programme;
• Experience working directly with regulators, ANSPs, AIM, airlines, airports, civil-military stakeholders and certified FPD providers;
• Experience with ATC simulation, safety assessment, operational trials and implementation transition; and
• Middle East or UAE airspace experience is highly desirable; experience supporting the establishment of a new approach service or CTA would be a significant advantage.