About this role
Procedure Design & Development
• Perform IFPD activities in the Emirates FIR for designing, amending, reviewing, and validating RNAV 1 routes, PBN, ILS, and conventional procedures. • Design holding patterns, Prohibited, Danger, and Restricted (PDR) areas. • Prepare routing designators, 5LNC, and supporting documentation for airspace design submissions
Airspace, Obstacle, & Terrain Analysis
• Conduct rigorous evaluations of the airspace structure to ensure safety and enhance efficiency. • Perform safeguarding assessments to analyse terrain and obstacles that impact flight safety.
Conduct required validation using specialized software to verify IFP design accuracy.
• Maintain designs within Quality Management Systems (QMS), and Safety Management Systems (SMS) to ensure regulatory compliance.
Airspace Planning
• Conduct studies and evaluations in PANS-OPS related matters. • Assist in analysing airspace data through outputs of fast-simulation and airspace modelling reports. • Help maintain accurate documentation of airspace plans, and coordination efforts. • Conduct safety assessments for the implantation of new ATS routes and/or new airspace design. • Utilise the outputs of airspace modelling & simulation tools to analyse the effectiveness of airspace design and system performance.
Instrument Flight Procedure Design
• Ensuring that Sheikh Zayed Air Navigation Centre complies with the design criteria requirements described in national regulations. • Ensure all documentation relating to IFP Design is kept up to date and amended in accordance to regulations. • Assist and participate in internal and GCAA audit’s undertaken for the purpose of Instrument Flight Procedure Design certification.
Stakeholder Coordination
• Coordinate with Air Traffic Control (ATC), and UAE aviation stakeholders to continuously enhance the safety and efficiency of the airspace. • Engage with external stakeholder for the IFP design matters and connectivity of the Emirates FIR with neighbouring FIRs. • Converse with Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) to manage promulgation of the IFP designs, support charting in electronic format. • Participate in active civil-military coordination to enhance and support matters of Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA), and Airspace Management Cell (AMC) operations.
Reporting
• Support Airspace Management Section in coordinating airspace matters and day-to-day duties. • Support airspace enhancement studies and projects. • Ensure that all functional reports are prepared timely and accurately and meet GCAA requirements and quality standards. • Assist in maintaining documentation related to airspace management activities and ensuring compliance with established procedures • Undergo quality control and a regular review of information exchanged with GCAA BUs and external airspace stakeholders
Knowledge and Experiences:
• A degree in an aviation or related discipline or more than 5 years’ experience in a similar environment. • Approved Instrument Flight Procedure Design (PANS – OPS) Certificate • Proficiency in ASAP PHX software for IFPD with certificate. • Experience and ability to use CAD tools • Valid experience in a complex and demanding FIR/airspace. • Strong background in aviation mathematics, geodesy, and navigation aids