Air Traffic Controller – Olive Branch Tower, Olive Branch, MS.

CI² Aviation • Olive Branch, MS

95d

About The Position

Responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic control duties in a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Airport Traffic Control Tower. Works under the general supervision of the tower manager who relies on the incumbent to perform established duties independently. On new or revised procedures, the manager gives detailed instructions and observes and checks work, during or immediately after completion, according to the complexity of the task until satisfied the incumbent can perform it independently.

Requirements

• Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience as an Air Traffic Controller.
• Individuals must have a current or previous CTO Certificate and a current Class II Medical Certificate.
• Individuals must have held a Control Tower Operator Certificate (CTO) with a facility rating for a minimum of two years in an Air Traffic Control Tower.
• The position is subject to drug and/or alcohol testing per the DOT/FAA requirements (pre-employment, random, reasonable cause/suspicion, post-accident).

Responsibilities

• Make decisions involving the order of departures to assure all aircraft equitable treatment and that departing IFR flights operate at the fix, altitude, and time designated by the center or approach control clearances.
• Determine the times and direction of takeoff and any turn necessary after departure.
• Decide whether inbound aircraft is to land immediately or circle and whether distances are lengthened to control the arrival of an aircraft at a given point.
• Manage the active runway and possible simultaneous use of other runways.
• Interspace arrivals and departures with the least delay to traffic.
• Clear landing and departing aircraft to use the runways to assure standard separation between aircraft on the runways.
• Sequence arriving traffic before it enters the traffic pattern to assure a safe, orderly flow of aircraft on the final approach to the landing runway.
• Ensure IFR separation standards are applied, as delegated by approach control or the center.
• Sequence VFR and IFR traffic, and when delegated, use radar equipment to provide initial separation for arrival versus arrival and arrival versus departure IFR traffic.
• Authorize VFR flights through the Class D airspace when appropriate.
• Determine the usability of communications frequencies and other navigational aids used to control air traffic.
• Monitor navigational aids and control panels, including tower radar display.
• Instruct pilots to change radio frequencies/transponder codes.
• Coordinate with other controllers on the movement of both arrival and departure aircraft.
• Preplan traffic sequencing and separation over an area, which may reach out to a radius of 5 miles or more.
• Maintain a continuous mental picture and evaluation of constantly changing traffic.
• Maintain continuous radio watch with aircraft that have previously contacted the facility.
• Study weather reports and forecasts, observe weather from the tower, and record pilot reports to determine the effect of present and anticipated weather on traffic.
• Furnish aircraft with information such as field conditions, altimeter settings, weather conditions, and operating status of navigational aids.
• Orient pilots of aircraft lost or in difficulty and determine whether a situation may develop into an emergency.
• Notify airlines operations offices, airport management offices, and airport rescue and firefighting services.
• Perform lower grade level duties as necessary to meet operational requirements and for proficiency maintenance.
• Provide OJT training to others.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees