North Slope Chief Pilot

ConocoPhillips•Alpine, AK

11d•Onsite

About The Position

ConocoPhillips Global Aviation Services is recruiting for a North Slope Chief Pilot. This position reports to the Manager & Director of Operations, Alaska Aviation and has direct supervisory responsibility for all assigned North Slope-based pilots. The North Slope Chief Pilot is the primary management focal point for supervising and managing North Slope turboprop flight operations to ensure safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient transport of ConocoPhillips Alaska passengers and freight. The incumbent interfaces locally with North Slope Business Unit management, partners, and passengers to ensure intra-North Slope air transportation and business requirements are being met. This position is based at the Alpine facility on the North Slope with a rotating, weekly shift work schedule.

Requirements

Legally authorized to work in the United States
Valid Passport without restrictions for international travel
FAA Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with airplane multi-engine land rating
Current/valid FAA First Class Medical Certificate
FCC Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit
5 or more years of aviation industry experience
3500 hours of total flight time
2000 hours of Pilot-in-Command time in multi-engine airplanes
500 hours in airplanes of similar complexity (turbine engine powered)
Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to work in a remote work location on a 1 week on/1 week off work schedule
Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to meet the physical demands and work environment requirements outlined in this job description

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aviation, Aeronautics, related technical field or foreign equivalent
Current Certificated Flight Instructor – CFII, MEI
3 or more years of aviation leadership experience
3 or more years of experience in an aviation training or standards role
3 or more years of operational experience in an arctic environment
Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft O365 applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams

Responsibilities

Pro-actively works to maintain and promote CPAI Aviation’s SMS by adopting a culture of zero tolerance towards at-risk behaviors; identifying, reporting, and correcting potential safety hazards; and intervening to immediately stop unsafe acts or situations.
Follow CPAI policies, protocols and measures to safeguard company personnel, aircraft, facilities, technology, and intellectual property.
Provide best-in-class service, which focuses on customer needs and meets or exceeds applicable regulations, standards; and work specifications.
Provide safe, compliant, reliable and efficient aviation solutions that provides focused support to customers’ operations through teamwork, customer service, and flexibility.
Leads by example and ensures compliance with regard to ConocoPhillips' safety programs, policies, procedures and practices, to include the use and proper wear of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Proactively identifies, reports, and manages safety issues or irregularities for inclusion into the Company's Intelex safety database for assessment, risk analysis, follow-up, and corrective action.
Provides local oversight and guidance for the conduct of North Slope-based turboprop flight operations and communicates any operational issues needing further management attention to the Manager, AK Aviation.
Acts as the direct and single point of contact for all North Slope-based Aviation personnel and as the direct and single point of contact for all aviation issues with the operations teams on the slope.
Manages the aviation surveillance program for the North Slope Operations, ensuring procedures, practices, and metrics are in place to ensure consistency and reliability with the program.
Generates, evaluates, and shares metrics relating to North Slope Operations weekly and monthly to the broader organization.
Works directly with airstrip operations support teams on the North Slope to resolve all aviation related issues relating to the facilities used by the aviation department.
Oversees planning, directing and scheduling of North Slope pilot work assignments IAW Federal/ State labor laws; CFRs; Company policies/procedures; and crew duty limit guidelines.
Develops, manages, and administers North Slope pilot training programs to include indoctrination; initial/recurrent ground; consolidation; special qualification; and ancillary training.
Recruits, evaluates, selects, and on-boards candidates for vacant North Slope pilot positions.
Sets expectations and develops “SMART” goals with subordinates; documents goal attainment, rates performance, and calibrates relative contributions during performance management process.
Mentors and facilitates individual employee growth, career development, and progression through mid-year review, Annual Performance, and Individual Development Plans (IDP) processes.
Prepares and carries out North Slope pilot budget; reviews operations to contain and reduce costs where feasible; and exercises stewardship to ensure appropriate expenditure of resources.
Oversees documentation of North Slope turboprop policies/procedures in the organizational and department manuals.
Collaborate with aircraft maintenance supervisors/technicians to ensure airworthiness of aircraft.
Performs regular flying duties with PIC qualification in at least one of the Company's North Slope turboprop aircraft.