Description:
- The Operations Controller is responsible for the daily liaison with the customer and end-user, regarding the H135 and H145 Fleet Plan – including the Daily and Weekly Flying Programmes.
The main responsibilities of the post holder will be:
- Act as the AH primary focal point in Operations and Line Control, continually liaising with the customers Scheduler, to deliver the Daily Flying Programme.
- To ensure that all appropriate legislative and Company Procedures are adhered to in order to ensure that the Company remains compliant and aircraft airworthy.
- Entry of Technical log utilisation data onto the Maintenance system.
- Negotiation with customer counterpart as to the catergorisation of completed sorties – DCO, DPCO, DNCO etc.
- Update and maintain the UK MFTS (RW) Engineering Database for sortie feedback reporting, in support of the Operational Effectiveness Programme.
- Liaison with the Operations, Engineering and Technical Services Team to ensure timely delivery of the Daily Flying Programme.
- Identify provisional maintenance dates for allocated aircraft based on projected utilisation and update the Maintenance planning calendar with 'Provisional' maintenance dates.
- Other such reasonable tasks as instructed by AHUK management in support of the MFTS operation
The post holder would ideally have the following Knowledge and Skills:
ESSENTIAL
- Understanding of aircraft fleet management relating to flight operations.
- Strong problem solving and able to offer multiple alternate solutions to problems.
- Must have knowledge of CAA regulations relating to Flight Operations, Airworthiness and Maintenance requirements.
- Excellent Communicator – verbal, written and reporting.
- Must have high computer literacy skills, competent with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Access).
- Commercially astute with strong negotiation skills.