Line Leader

Our Leaders

Leaders at Airservices demonstrate our Leadership Standard in the way they Know, Focus and Value our people every day. Our leaders role model our values of Safe always, Service first, Love what we do, Work as one, Own it to connect people with their world safely.

An Airservices leader leads inclusively, thinks strategically, collaborates and communicates with impact to deliver outcomes that support our culture of trust, care and accountability.

The Role & Team

We are seeking applications from high performing operational leaders looking to further their career. This role will be based across Sunshine coast. This is a permanent full-time position.

The Line Leader’s role is to ensure the delivery of safe, efficient, and resilient air traffic management services. This is leadership position where you will build on the current working environment to simultaneously develop a high-performance culture while foster positive working environment and relationships with the team.

Air traffic control is a challenging and dynamic environment. Whilst the role is nominally undertaken during business hours, you will be leading a team of professionals who are rostered 24/7. As such, to meet the challenges of the role, you may periodically be called upon to be flexible in the hours you work.

A day in the life of a Line Leader could see you:

• Leading a team of highly trained air traffic controllers in a non-operational management role
• Developing your team of air traffic controllers to ensure they are suitably trained and resourced to meet the demands of their role
• Working within the broader business to develop and implement strategic change initiatives to meet future service delivery obligations
• Overseeing the operational performance of team members to ensure the safe provision of air traffic services in your delegated area
• Working with team members to identify and enable career development opportunities that benefit the individual and the business

Additional duties and responsibilities of the position include;

• Manage the delivery of safe, efficient, reliable and environmentally responsible ATM services.
• Introduce an integrated and structured portfolio of programs, projects and initiatives to effectively deliver new systems, capabilities and technologies while ensuring continuity of service.
• Identify new and emerging operational risks, develop new risk assessments and liaise with the relevant stakeholders.
• Manage the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of organisational change(s) and respond agilely to changing demands.
• Deploy resources to meet operational requirements and deliver required services within set timeframes.
• Maintain financial discipline to enable efficient and effective service delivery.
• Maximise productivity and efficiency whilst containing costs.
• Deliver continuous improvement in performance focused on decreasing cost, improving skills, and enhancing the use of people within the service delivery area.
• Build a performance culture based on demonstrated productivity improvements through the efficient management of people, finances and assets.

The Person

As a seasoned leader, you will demonstrate experience in people management, managing through change in an operational environment. You will also possess;

• Management or supervision experience in an operational environment.
• An ability to effectively lead teams through change.
• Demonstrated communication, liaison, leadership and management skills which will support, motivate and influence others in the achievement of goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated business skills, including in the areas of safety/risk management.
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills. The ability to provide input and briefings to senior management, the Executive and a range of external parties including airlines customers and industry stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage high workloads, set priorities, meet deadlines and work effectively and flexibly to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Tertiary qualifications in management, business or a technical field are highly desirable.

Please see the link below to view the full Position Description:   Line Leader - Leadership Position Description (4) (1).pdf

For enquiries regarding these opportunities please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email on *********@airservicesaustralia.com

Applications close 11:55pm Monday the 18th March 2024 

How to Apply

Please lodge an application online via the "apply” link, attaching a maximum one page cover letter including: a brief outline of your skills, experience, work history and, if applicable, any information relating to career development as well as a copy of your current resume.