Flight Dispatcher

All Aviation Jobs; Daytona Beach (FL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off

Tuition coverage

Retirement contributions

Personal leave

Job summary

Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus seeks a Flight Dispatcher/Customer Service Representative to support flight course activities, data collection, dispatching, and flight following while maintaining fleet maintenance schedules and ramp security.

Responsibilities include coordinating the Student Employee labor force, ensuring accurate data entry, and delivering high-quality customer service aligned with ERAU’s reputation as a leading aviation university.

Qualifications

• High School (or GED) level ability in grammar, spelling, basic composition, and math.
• Two years customer service background preferred.
• Two Years Flight Operations experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operate interface between flight dispatching and aircraft maintenance control to maximize aircraft availability.
• Record data from flight activities and room assignments to ensure proper billing and scheduling of fleet maintenance.
• Provide a high level of customer satisfaction and uphold ERAU’s leadership in aviation education.

Skills

Customer service

Flight operations

Data collection

Scheduling coordination

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel PowerPoint Word Outlook)

Job description

The Opportunity

The Flight Department at our Daytona Beach Campus is currently accepting applications for a Flight Dispatcher/Customer Service Representative. This position is responsible for several support functions associated with flight course activities, including dispatching, data collection, flight following, customer service, and controlling the flow of fleet aircraft for maintenance both scheduled and unscheduled, as well as line service and ramp security. (Work shift to be determined.)

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Flight Department at our Daytona Beach Campus is currently accepting applications for a Flight Dispatcher/Customer Service Representative. This position is responsible for several support functions associated with flight course activities, including dispatching, data collection, flight following, customer service, and controlling the flow of fleet aircraft for maintenance both scheduled and unscheduled, as well as line service and ramp security. (Work shift to be determined.)

Job Duties

• Operate the interface between flight dispatching and the control of aircraft maintenance to maximize aircraft availability.
• Collect and accurately record data from flight activities and oral room assignments to ensure proper billing and to facilitate scheduling of fleet maintenance daily.
• Provide a high level of customer satisfaction and maintain a department image appropriate to ERAU as the leader in Aviation Education.
• Assist in ensuring the inspection programs are complied with and repairs are properly documented before aircraft are dispatched.
• Assist in flight following of all ERAU aircraft while engaged in flight to ensure all aircraft can be accounted for at any given time and to help coordinate the logistics for aircraft problems away from home base.
• Provide training and coordinate the activities of the Student Employee labor force supporting flight operations and customer service requirements.
• Perform scheduling operations after normal scheduling hours.
• Maintain hardware on ramp to ensure aircraft security. Conduct ramp inspections to remove foreign object debris.
• Drive company van and golf cart transport
• Other duties as assigned

About Us

For nearly 100 years, Embry-Riddle has been the world's leading aviation and aerospace university, educating more than 30,000 students across residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as through a global network of Worldwide locations and online programs. With more than 165,000 alumni around the world, our impact reaches every corner of the aerospace, aviation, defense and technology industries.

Today, our faculty, researchers and professional staff are advancing innovation across aviation, space, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, autonomous systems and next-generation engineering. Working alongside industry leaders, government agencies and innovators, they are solving real-world challenges and shaping the technologies that will define tomorrow.

Whether you are an educator, researcher, administrator, technologist or industry professional, your work at Embry-Riddle will contribute to something bigger than a job. Join a community driven by discovery, purpose and excellence—and help shape the future of aerospace.

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy up to 18 days of paid leave in your first year, including 3 days granted upon hire and 15 days accrued throughout the year. You'll also receive 9+ paid holidays, including the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.
• Tuition Coverage:Get 100% tuition coverage for yourself for one undergraduate and one graduate degree, and discounted rates for your spouse and dependent children up to age 26.
• Retirement Contributions:ERAU contributes 6% of your base salary to your retirement plan and offers a 4% matching contribution – with no vesting period.
• Personal Leave:Relax with 15 days of personal leave for non-exempt employees or 18 days for exempt full-time employees in your first year.

Qualifications

Required Education and Qualifications:

• High School (or GED) level ability in grammar, spelling, basic composition, and math.
• Two years customer service background preferred.
• Two Years Flight Operations experience preferred.
• Analytical skills with an in depth knowledge of information systems and technical expertise with Microsoft operating systems, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook/Email.
• TSA security clearance required.
• Valid Drivers License required.

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