Flight Operations Inspector (Airplane - Commercial Air Operations) (OPAS)

at  United Nations Development Programme UNDP

The Organizational Setting
The General Authority of Civil Aviation, Safety and Aviation Standards Sector is the legislative, regulatory and governing body of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s aviation industry. Among its functions, the sector issues and updates codes and regulations, ensures compliance with regulations and procedures, and conducts oversight to guarantee the highest possible levels of safety and security.
Major duties and Responsibilities
Function 1 (incl. Expected results)

The incumbent has delegated authority to conduct airmen flight checks and certify or refuse certification of the airmen. He is also authorized to make commitments and decisions described below:

• Provides expert advice and support to the Principal Operations Inspector (General) when conducting flight checks.
• Advises on and supports national inspectors with performing flight operations certification functions, including certification of airmen and approval of operations manuals, crew training and checking programmes, minimum equipment lists and the issuance of operating certificates and/or specifications.
• Conducts en-route checks and station facility inspections in order to identify deficiencies, determine compliance with Annex 1 and where applicable provides technical advice and support the Principal Operations Inspector (General) in the development of proposals .
• Identifies training needs, developing training plans, coordinating and evaluating actual ground and flight training programs conducted by companies with the intention of qualifying flight operations inspectors in the full range of tasks related to airline flight operations inspection.
• Provides expert advice and guidance in incident/accident investigations in line with Annex 13 of the Chicago convention.
• Coordinates and executes periodic surveillance of designated examiners for purposes of determining the exams alignment with the intended performance objectives.
• Develop plans and perform similar evaluations in order to monitor compliance with national standards and ICAO provisions.
• Design plan and conduct ramp inspections of aircraft in order to assess, analyze and determine areas of improvement and make appropriate recommendations in line with international standards and trends.
• Plan and implement airmen records inspections.
• Performs periodic missions to ATC facilities with the intention of assessing the state of the facilities, provide guidance and if applicable on-the-job training to national flight operations inspectors.
• Develops plans, coordinates, implements, monitors and prepares safety management system reports defining key performance indicators, expected outputs, deliverables for submission to the Principal Operations Inspector (General) and ICAO.

Function 2 (incl. Expected results)

• Perform all other duties in his field of specialization.

Impact of The Outcome of the Position
The cooperation provided under this Project aims to reinforce the GACA capacity to provide safe, efficient and cost-effective civil aviation services through the input of ICAO Advisers and Consultants in specialized disciplines to: address specific problems arising from the introduction of new technologies; develop a manpower and training plan, as well as a career progression plan, which will provide sound guidance for management decisions affecting the hiring, training, promotion and retention of its highly trained personnel.
Work Relations and Contacts
The incumbent establishes relationships and contact with GACA professional and technical personnel and managers in order to exchange information, clarification and explanation of processes in the domain of regulations, rules, IFP, airports, airspace and related subjects.

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