Job Description (MCAF ATC Flight Planning Services):

Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) Quantico, Virginia has a requirement for Flight Clearance and Air Traffic Control Maintenance services in support of air traffic operations to and from the United States Marine Corps Quantico Air Facility, as well as enroute air traffic within the National Airspace System (NAS).

Duties Airfield Management Specialist include but not limited to:

Assist pilots with flight planning, provide necessary information and support during flight, and offer post-flight services such as debriefing and analysis. Duties and responsibilities include:

• Process Flight Plans
• Transmit and receive flight plans and related air traffic messages between worldwide US military airfield management / flight planning personnel, Air Route Traffic Control Center, and FAA Flight Service Station.
• Notify Air Traffic Control via inter-phone of flight plan changes.
• Provide airport advisory service and clearance delivery service when the Air Traffic Control Tower is closed.
• Monitor receipt, review, dissemination, and disposition of incoming Notice to Air Missions.
• Manage Flight Information Publications account.
• Provide detailed assistance to military pilots and pilots of private, foreign, and contract aircraft.
• Initiate emergency action checklists.
• Prepare and submit all required reports and assigned projects.
• Review and coordinate landing requests supporting various contingency operations in the National Capitol Region (NCR) and Military District of Washington (MDW). This involves efficiently managing and prioritizing landing requests to support critical operations and ensuring seamless integration with other agencies involved in these operations.
• Coordinate special services and handling for flights with distinguished visitors.
• Coordinate flight information on Instrument Flight Rules aircraft with Air Route Traffic Control Center.
• Coordinate with Fuels / Motor transport to arrange gas, as well as transportation services for transient crews.
• Schedule aircraft activities with tenant and transient aircraft.
• Initiate search and rescue for overdue Visual Flight Rules aircraft to include Information Requests and Alert Notices.
• Provide training to newly assigned Aviation Operations Specialists, Electronics Technicians, and other personnel.
• Conduct and document daily and periodic airfield inspections in accordance with NAVAIR 00-80T-124.
• Mitigate hazards and notify appropriate agencies to resolve hazards or non-compliant conditions.
• Train to become qualified as a Flight Planning Dispatcher and Flight Planning Supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must possess a Secret Clearance or previously held a Secret Clearance which has expired (not revoked).
• Must possess a minimum of two (2) years of experience working with Microsoft Access, Excel, and SharePoint.
• Must have three (3) years of working knowledge and experience with the following systems:
  • AN/FYC-22 Visual Information Display System,
  • AN/FSC-127 Enhanced Terminal Voice Switch (ETVS),
  • Flight Data Input / Output.