Full-Time Scheduling Support – Contingent Upon Award of Contract
Job Description
Scheduling Support
Contingent upon Award of Contract
Overview
Scheduling is a challenging, dynamic, process. Even after the schedule is printed, numerous changes are normally required because of aircraft mechanical problems, medical issues, flight evaluation requirements, expiring even currencies, deployments, and student training continuity. Weather conditions and other factors beyond the control of the scheduler also limit flying opportunities. The scheduler needs to be able to adapt quickly to changing circumstances in a medium-to-high-stress environment.
Position will support Combat Air Forces (CAF) Bomber Squadron operations/operations support at Minot AFB within Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). Provide Advisory and Assistance Support (A&AS) services to support non-flying duties within 23 and 69 Bomber Squadron (B-52) which traditionally utilizes Pilots/Weapons System Officers (WSO) to perform as additional duties.
Basic Duties
- Coordinate with the training officer, Squadron Aviation Resource Management (SARM), UDM, and Operations Officer (DO) to arrange a schedule to facilitate operations, qualification, upgrade, test, exercise, and continuation training accomplishment to meet required currency and progression standards, in accordance with DO priorities
- Build long and short-range shift schedules to ensure full coverage of all aircrew, instructor, evaluator, support personnel, and supervisor positions
- Coordinate with senior Squadron leadership on a daily or weekly basis
- Keep track when crewmembers will be on leave, temporary duty, have scheduled medical appointments, or other scheduling commitments, and de-conflict crewmember schedules and work with flight leadership to ensure crews are available to meet assigned sorties tasking
- Track daily flight/ground/academic training requirements and accomplishments to facilitate accurate flight scheduling as directed by the DO
- To the maximum extent possible, schedule aircrews based on experience to mitigate Operational Risk Management (ORM)
- Report updates to Squadron and Wing leadership
- Facilitate last-minute schedule changes to ensure full coverage by working with the current mission commander/operations supervisor (or equivalent) and flight responsible for the shift that is not fully manned
- Obtain aircraft and equipment availability data from maintenance (MX) and schedule crewmembers for training, exercises, simulators, and operations, as required
- Publish/post scheduling data for unit long/short-range ground/academic, flying, and simulator training event schedules on PEX, or other computer database systems
- Comply with Operations Group (OG) and scheduling chiefs locally-developed guidance when building the schedule
- Determine flight, ground, and simulator schedule requirements for upgrade, initial qualification, requalification, transition, currency, and continuation training bases on syllabus requirements, student progression, weather, and daily equipment/training range availability
- Perform daily updates of scheduling data to compensate for changing conditions and training completion rates
- Coordinate with Operations Support Squadron (OSS) Plans department, outside agencies/exercise participants, and higher headquarters (i.e. RED FLAG, GREEN FLAG, Weapons School Support) for reporting and to facilitate exercise and special event schedule coordination
- Provide inputs to OSS Scheduling and update daily Supervisor of Flying (SOF) and Top 3 schedules
- Correlate sortie length and airspace requirements with syllabus requirements
- Generate the following reports/forms as required:
- Weekly Special Use Airspace Scheduling meeting for schedule coordination and de-confliction
- Weekly Planning/Coordinating Airspace Restrictions meeting for schedule coordination and de-confliction
- Monthly Range Scheduling meetings for schedule coordination and de-confliction
*This list is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Education/Experience:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience working in as a Squadron Aircrew Scheduler (REQUIRED)
Skills:
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience working with PEX (or similar proprietary Stan/Eval programs) (REQUIRED)
- Minimum of intermediate-level proficiency in the use/application of Microsoft Office (MS) products (REQUIRED)
- Strong Organizational Skills
Other Requirements
- Must pass drug testing
- U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED. Must be able to attain and maintain a Secret Clearance
- Required travel with notice or on short notice
The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Spiral Solutions and Technologies recognize that an individual with a disability may require an accommodation to enable him/her to successfully perform a job function. Consideration will be given to reasonable accommodations.
EEO/AA/M/F/Vet/Disability Employer
How to Apply
Please go to https://www.appone.com/MainInfoReq.asp?R_ID=1619920 to apply if interested in the position. You also need to have a Secret Government Clearance.734 total views, 1 today