Flight Follower

Join our team of enthusiasts and become a Flight Follower.

Workplace: St-Hubert

Status: full-time

Working at Airmedic is synonymous with passion and commitment. We believe in the strength of the team and the diversity of skills. We are looking for a flight follower to commit with us to preserving and saving lives.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Under the responsibility of the coordination center manager, the flight follower will contribute to the analysis of meteorological information, navigation routes (taking into account weather, distance to travel, required time, and air traffic), as well as support in flight plan preparation.

You will be responsible for ensuring mission coordination center communications with various stakeholders (client, teams, partners, managers, suppliers) before, during, and after the flight. You will perform flight tracking, advise the pilot in command of any weather changes, and support them if flight plan changes are necessary. You will be responsible for supporting pilots in command regarding any matter related to operational flight logistics, in collaboration with various team members.

More specifically, you will:

• Gather up-to-date information on the progress of ongoing flights (flight monitoring) and ensure that information relating to these air movements is current and accurate;
• During operational irregularities, if possible in agreement with the pilot in command and in collaboration with operations coordination personnel, handle delays. If conditions require, recommend flight cancellations and implement contingency plans;
• Communicate with operations coordination personnel by providing timely analysis of risks associated with weather conditions reasonably expected to have an effect on local or system-wide operations, including holding aircraft;
• Plan fuel and supply provisioning for flying and holding aircraft while ensuring cost-effectiveness;
• Analyze deployment and flight time performance;

Work schedule:

• 7 days of work, 7 days off (7/7),
• Rotation of 7 days of day shifts (6 am to 6 pm), 7 days off, 7 days of night shifts (6 pm to 6 am), 7 days off, and repeating the cycle.

Profile

WHO ARE YOU?

Your most important skills are the following:

· Know how to organize, have the ability to multitask with rigor, and determine priorities;

· Ability to identify and solve problems with resourcefulness;

· Know how to inform various stakeholders with the right information at the right time after analyzing and synthesizing available information, or go get it and anticipate what will be required;

· Be customer-oriented by expressing yourself calmly, clearly, courteously, and empathetically, and demonstrating self-control and resilience;

· Demonstrate an ability to work in a team with people from different sectors of activity (airplane, helicopter, and medical) while demonstrating a certain mastery of interpersonal relations;

· Demonstrate very good intellectual capacities (excellent judgment, alertness, capable of finesse and speed of thought, good memory);

· Have the ability to learn in action, from one's experiences, and to adapt;

· Be comfortable using computer tools and have the ability to type quickly on the computer;

· Mastery of French and English orally and in writing at an advanced level. *

* Advanced level English is required for technical assistance purposes with an English-speaking clientele or any external partner such as a supplier.

Your professional background stands out with the following elements:

• Possess a Diploma of College Studies (DEC) or a flight dispatch diploma from CFTC (DEP);
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in dispatching or as a flight follower.

Your assets:

• Marked experience in the aeronautical or commercial/regional aviation field and/or in operations/medical/emergency fields.

Contractual Information

ANY QUESTIONS? WANT TO BE PART OF OUR ADVENTURE?

This position is eligible for the Airmedic employee referral program (class 2)

In order to submit your application, please communicate your interest by email to emplois@airmedic.net, making sure to specify the job title in the subject line "Préposé aux suivis de vols". Looking forward to meeting you!