Flight Operations Coordinator

**Job Title: Flight Operations Coordinator**
**Salary: Competitive and Rewarding + Benefits**

**Hours: Standard Business**
**Location: Chester**

The APEM Group is a global environmental consultancy, we work with a range of clients including large corporations and governments to help them understand and solve a wide variety of environmental projects in the UK and globally.

Our successful pioneering work has attracted investment and enabled us to grow and combine forces with other businesses who share our ethos and integrity. At our core, our people are working towards the protection of the environment across the globe.

**Why join us?**

Due to increased business growth, APEM's Flight Operations Team are searching for a Flight Operations Coordinator to join us as we expand

Our Flight Operations Team are a key component to the successful running of our Data Operations function within our Geospatial sector, working with our internal Aerial Survey teams and external providers to deliver high quality aerial surveys. You will be involved in some exciting work including coordinating external aircraft providers, ensuring the installation of cameras, conducting flight watch/flight tracking of survey crews and maintening of all survey safety and in flight equipment and Monitoring and scheduling maintenance of PPE for the Aerial Task Specialist team.

**About the role**

The purpose of this role is to provide operational support as a key point of contact between APEM and our aircraft providers, to ensure that our Flight Operations run smoothly. The role will provide daily support to our Flight Operations Managers, report and escalate any operational incidents, monitor the welfare of our Aerial Survey Task Specialist team and ensure our aerial surveys are successfully completed within their target delivery dates. Carrying out ad hoc jobs that require dedicated attention some of these jobs will include risk assessments, completing pro-formas and chasing for insurance and information from aircraft providers.

Working to a roster pattern for weekdays, weekends and public holidays will be required, with early start times alongside some out of hours work in the evening is necessary.

Please note, this is an office-based position in Chester.

**About you**

As a Flight Operations Coordinator you will be required to be flexible in your working hours. This role will require some work on weekends, bank holidays and work outside of normal working hours. It is essential you are dedicated and open to the requirements of this position, ensuring that you are always contactable during all hours when surveys are being flown. Due to the nature of the role, if you are uncontactable during the period that surveys are taking place, it will be your responsibility to provide cover. Therefore, you must be organised and methodological in nature.

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