2023 Internship- Flight Operations Dispatch and Operations Coordinator
Posted on: 8 Dec 2022
Wichita, KS
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:
Design and deliver the best aviation experiences for our customers by coordinating operations between sales, our customers, and Flight Operations. Grow and develop professional and technical skills as your career advances at Textron Aviation.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Embody Textron Aviation’s values to complete our collective mission and achieve our vision.
Receive and process requests for demonstration, transportation, and training flights. Determine availability of aircraft and flight crew; examine feasibility of trip based on flight time, crew duty time, and other salient factors. Input specific trip data into scheduling software.
Interface with flight crews, sales managers, and sales support teams to organize details of flight requests, then communicate with maintenance facilities and line service personnel to ensure aircraft are adequately prepared for requested trips.
Manage aircraft schedule for special requirements such as air shows, photo missions, and international demonstration tours.
Assists with tracking and scheduling all off-site production, modification, and delivery flight activity.
Coordinate off-site transportation and lodging for department personnel.
Provide aircraft and flight crew reports to management as required.
Interface with various departments to coordinate customer support flights when necessary.
With input from management, schedule recurring pilot training and deconflict with international schedule. Ensure pilot training is accomplished in a timely manner and that no pilot exceeds training deadlines.
Responsible for dispatch and flight following for all flight activity. This includes the monitoring of company frequency communications.
Monitor all flight activity through maintaining communication with flight crews with an emphasis on quick response if an emergency presents itself.
Applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the U.S. for Textron Aviation at the time of making application, and visa sponsorship is not available for this position, including for F-1 students and J-1 exchange visitors who will need employment sponsorship.
EDUCATION:
Pursuing Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Management or related field with sophomore status or higher.
EXPERIENCE:
Excellent written and verbal communication
Possesses good organization and time management skills
Self-motivated, disciplined, and able to meet department objectives
Attention to detail, goal oriented
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple time sensitive responsibilities
Highly motivated
Ability to work in team environment
Current Pilot’s License
General knowledge of Federal Aviation Regulations and Aeronautical Information Manual preferred
Textron Inc.
Providence, RI
Textron Inc. operates in the aircraft, defense, industrial, and finance businesses worldwide. The company’s Textron Aviation segment manufactures and sells business jets, turboprop and piston engine aircraft, and military trainer and defense aircraft; and commercial parts, as well as provides maintenance, inspection, and repair services. Its Bell segment provides military and commercial helicopters, tiltrotor aircraft, and related spare parts and services. The company’s Textron Systems segment offers unmanned, marine, and land systems; simulation, training, and other defense and aviation mission support products and systems; airborne and ground-based sensors and surveillance systems, and protection systems; precision guided weapons systems; armored vehicles, turrets, and related subsystems, as well as marine craft; test equipment and electronic warfare test, and training solutions; piston aircraft engines; and intelligence software solutions.
This segment also designs, develops, manufactures, installs, and maintains full flight simulators; and offers logistics support services. Its Industrial segment offers blow-molded plastic fuel systems and fuel systems, including pressurized fuel tanks for hybrid applications, clear-vision systems, catalytic reduction systems, cast iron engine components, and other fuel system components primarily to automobile OEMs, as well as plastic bottles and containers for various uses; golf cars, off-road utility vehicles, recreational side-by-side and all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, light transportation vehicles, aviation ground support equipment, professional turf-maintenance equipment, and turf-care vehicles that are marketed to golf courses and resorts, government agencies and municipalities, consumers, and commercial and industrial users.
The company’s Finance segment provides financing to purchase new and pre-owned aircraft and helicopters. Textron Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.
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IndustryAviation
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No. of Employees35, 000
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