Flight Planner

Finnair; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Finnair is seeking a Flight Planner to produce high quality flight planning services for Flight Operations, ensuring safe and cost-efficient plans that meet authorities and Finnair procedures. You will work in the Flight Planning Team at the heart of OCC’s decision making, collaborating to optimize operations.

You should be analytical, decisive, and able to share expertise in a fast-paced OCC environment, with knowledge of airline operations and a willingness to contribute to the team.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of airline operational core processes.
• Fluent in English; Finnish is an asset.
• Ability to work 24/7 shifts.
• Experience in flight dispatcher tasks or pilot’s license is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Produce efficient flight planning and create a safe and economically reasonable flight plan for each flight.
• Assist the pilots in flight preparation and provide relevant information required for the flight.
• File ATC-flight plan for each flight.
• Monitor automated flight planning system in co-operation with Lead Flight Planner.
• Follow-up of flight planning operations environment 24/7.

Skills

Analytical skills

Decision-making under pressure

Communication skills

Fluent English

Finnish language asset

IT skills

Education

High School diploma or Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Finnair is a diverse community of professionals who work ambitiously with a big heart and commitment. A strong safety culture is our priority and at the core of our everyday work, never taking it for granted. We are committed to doing our share in solving the climate challenge by determinedly following our science-based pathway to decarbonize our operations. We find meaning in our purpose: With our heart in Finland, we make every journey better, today and tomorrow. Our values – Always Safe, Customer at Heart and Stronger Together– guide us in everything we do.

FLIGHT PLANNER

to produce high quality flight planning services for Flight Operations and ensure that flight planning is safe and cost efficient and fulfils the requirements of authorities and Finnair’s internal procedures. In this role, you will provide services during the flight and take appropriate action to minimize air traffic delays.

You will be part of the Flight Planning Team. You will work at the heart of OCC’s decision making, collaborating closely with Lead Flight Planner to make optimal decisions together to ensure smoothly running operations.

You might be the person we are looking for if you are analytical, focused, but also decisive and ready to make decisions in the fast-paced heart of OCC. You should already have knowledge about airline operations on a wider scale and a willingness to share your expertise with others.

Main Responsibilities

• To produce efficient flight planning and create a safe and economically reasonable flight plan for each flight.
• Assist the pilots in flight preparation and provide relevant information required for the flight.
• File ATC-flight plan for each flight.
• Monitoring of automated flight planning system in co-operation with Lead Flight Planner.
• Follow-up of flight planning operations environment 24/7.

Our Expectations

• Strong understanding and knowledge on airline operational core processes.
• Good understanding of commercial needs and requirements
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to make independent decisions under pressure.
• Can-do attitude with strong execution skills.
• Systematic and self-initiative way of working.
• Strong co-operation and communication skills.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken, fluency in Finnish is considered an asset.
• Good IT skills.
• Minimum High School degree or Bachelor's degree.
• Ability and willingness to work in 24/7 shifts.
• Experience in flight dispatcher tasks or pilot’s license is seen as an advantage.

Working At Finnair

We offer you an exciting opportunity to work in the fast-changing aviation and international travel industry in a culture that drives and enables professional development and continuous improvement. You will be supported by internally highly rated supervisory work with modern leadership practices that we constantly develop.

We are happy to enable our employees to enrich their lives and fulfill their travel dreams by offering a wide leisure travel benefit. We also support the health and wellbeing of our employees through our own Sickness Fund insurance benefit, Epassi (sport, culture, wellbeing and commuting benefit), gyms around the Finnair campus and activities organized by our hobby clubs.

Please note that the hiring process includes a pre-employment security clearance and a medical examination including a drug test.

Our people are key to our success and the foundation that makes Finnair unique. We are committed to creating a safe work environment where all our people can thrive and succeed. We cherish diversity and strive to employ people with different backgrounds and experiences, to bring together multiple views to foster our business success. According to our employee survey, respecting diversity is at a high level in our work community. You are welcome to join Finnair as your authentic self.