Air Traffic Control Assistant — Data, Simulators & Safety Ops

Cranfield University; Cranfield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Cranfield University invites applications for an Air Traffic Control Assistant (ATCA) to join a busy safety-critical team at London Cranfield Airport. You will assist the Air Traffic Control Officer with data displays, flight progress strips, simulator exercises, and maintaining aeronautical documents.

Successful candidates will be flexible, resilient and able to deliver accurate work in a demanding environment, with good written and spoken communication.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work accurately in a demanding environment.
• Reliable and flexible team player.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining data displays in accordance with published procedures.
• Alerting the emergency services in accordance with published procedures.
• Accepting booking out details from pilots and preparing flight progress strips.
• Pseudo piloting and exercise creation on our Tower and Radar Simulators.
• Maintaining and amending aeronautical documents and publications as required.
• Liaising with local agencies as required.
• Maintaining a log of movements and recording statistics as required.
• Undertaking tasks associated with the ANSP Safety, Quality and Security Management systems.

Skills

Data handling

Communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

MS Word

MS Excel

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Cranfield University invites applications for an Air Traffic Control Assistant (ATCA) to join a busy safety-critical team at London Cranfield Airport. You will assist the Air Traffic Control Officer with data displays, flight progress strips, simulator exercises, and maintaining aeronautical documents.

Successful candidates will be flexible, resilient and able to deliver accurate work in a demanding environment, with good written and spoken communication.