Senior Flight Dispatcher

• Private health, personal accident, and travel insurance
• Clear career progression - opportunity to become a Duty Manager
• Loation: Ta'Xbiex, Malta

Our client is one of the leaders in Business Aviation, Transaction and Completion services. Headquartered in Switzerland, with a global presence around the world, the company delivers World-class Swiss-made business aviation services - aircraft sales and acquisitions, aircraft operations and charter management, cabin interiors, maintenance and upgrades.

They are looking for an experienced Duty Manager to join the team in Malta.


Key responsibilities:

• Flight scheduling (overflight / landing permits, handling and fuel arrangements, additional supplementary services)
• Flight dispatch and operations control (flight planning, crew briefing, meteo, space weather and NOTAM analyses, movement control, crew control, irregularity handling, emergency response)
• Airport and Route analyses and feasibility checks to support commercial and flight operations department
• Cost analysis and liaison with the accounting team
• Liaison with the AOC team
• Ground operations activities
• Operational administration
• Crew notification
• Administrative duties relevant for flight dispatch department
• Liaison between the Customer and the Company internal department to match Customer's expectations

Qualifications and experience shall include:

• 5+ years of experience in a VIP flight dispatch environment, with worldwide flight operations (dispatch certificate or dispatch license as well as ETOPS experience are an asset)
• Good knowledge of US commercial and private operations, including TSA waivers, DOT approvals, FAA notifications, eAPIS filing, and CBP clearance
• Ability to interpret weather and NOTAM information as well as airport/airspace NAV charts
• Familiarity with aircraft performance (preferably with wide-bodied aircrafts), international regulations, EASA rules, operations manual (OM) and flight entry requirements
• Team-oriented, with flexible approach and able to provide solid results under pressure
• Excellent communication skills in English; additional languages will be preferred.
• IT skills/experience in use of dispatch related software - flight planning systems (i.e. Fore Flight), SITA/AFTN communications, sched/ops control systems, FL3XX and MS Office applications
• Willingness to work on shifts (incl. the night shifts)