Overview
This opportunity is for an expert to provide technical assistance and cooperation projects in the field of CNS and ATM systems. The role involves formulation of national objectives, development of work programs, monitoring progress, and ensuring compliance with standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Formulate national objectives, plans, policies, programmes and procedures concerning installation, construction and maintenance of CNS and ATM equipment and facilities.
- Develop total installation work programme to meet country's requirements and assignments of approved programme for accomplishments.
- Monitor and control scheduling of requirements for acquisition, construction, and dismantling or relocation of equipment and related structure.
- Analyse financial and physical progress against established goals and provide reports.
- Prepare procurement specifications for use in the production and procurement of equipment for the country's airspace system.
- Establish radio frequency management requirements and obtain frequency authorizations.
- Develop and maintain airways facilities configuration management systems.
- Prepare detailed engineering specifications for the production and procurement of equipment.
- Develop and recommend the total installation work programme to meet requirements and assign approved programmes for accomplishment.
- Maintain capability to estimate life cycle costs, predict, review, assess, and monitor systems development, engineering, design, demonstration, test, production, operation, and support.
- Review reprogramming proposals submitted by other offices to determine impact on programme.
- Review system plans from a technical and planning viewpoint to help resolve problems.
- Conduct engineering analysis of commissioned field air navigation system/facility operations.
- Provide technical maintenance instructions and standards for the airway facilities.
- Provide engineering effort for, and authorize modification of subsystems and component equipment.
- Develop maintenance standards and validate maintenance requirements for field maintenance programme.
- Review and validate maintenance technical requirements for airways facilities field programme.
- Develop technical standards for maintenance and certification of airways facilities, systems and equipment.
- Perform other related duties, as assigned.
Required Experience
- Ten years minimum background experience in management and maintenance of complex CNS and ATM systems.
- Five years at supervisory or managerial level.
- Experience in the CNS technical/operational field within the civil aviation authority and/or air navigation service provider of a country with a well-developed CNS infrastructure.
- Knowledge of ICAO CNS/ATM provisions is required.
Qualifications
• University degree in electronics engineering, aeronautical telecommunication or equivalent academic and technical qualifications.
