ORAT Manager

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Job Description

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented ORAT Manager to join our team!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop and manage and end-to-end ORAT management product, suitable for the facilities, systems, and stakeholders involved in the project.
• Provide guidance and help the client prepare to assume operations of parts or entire sections of the envisaged airport development project, ensuring 100% readiness at start-up of operations.
• Develop as per need a concept of operations that can be refined into standard operating procedures or work instructions.
• Help develop training plans for a multitude of stakeholders that are engaged in airport operations.
• Create and perform testing and trialing concepts that will evolve into specific trial scenarios for parts or entire facilities, including normal operations, non-routine operations, and, where required, business continuity plans.
• Lead stakeholder engagement concerning operational readiness, providing guidance and assistance where interfaces need to be clarified and/or where roles need to be determined.
• Report on ORAT progress against a schedule of facilities' handover.
• Maintain and update a register of risks concerning ORAT.
• Maintain and update an OIL (open issues list) so that proper action can be taken in a timely manner.
• Facilitate and manage the process for airfield naming changes, coordinating with internal departments and external authorities for smooth implementation.
• Act as the key liaison between airport operations, regulatory bodies, engineering consultants, and contractors for coordinated project execution affecting ORAT.
• Help ensure all activities comply with ICAO and/or GACA regulations.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, and progress tracking for all coordinated activities.
• Lead change management efforts related to airfield infrastructure modifications, technology deployments, and operational updates.
• Set KPI/SLAs and monitor contractor and vendor performance, ensuring contract terms, quality standards, and timelines are met.
• Manage an ORAT steering committee and provide briefings and recommendations to senior management and stakeholders regarding ORAT and/or airfield operations and infrastructure projects.
  
  
  

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Management, Civil Engineering, Airport Operations, or related experience.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in airport or airfield operations, airport management, and airport certification.
• Proven experience managing complex operational programs and aviation projects-related ORAT or similar exercises.
• Experience working with aviation regulatory bodies, and aviation stakeholders such as airlines, ANSPs, ground handling agents, police/immigration, ARFFS, EMS etc.
• Detailed knowledge of ICAO SARPs
• Multilingual skills, with fluency in English required; possession of an RTF license will be considered a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills, with ability to handle complex operational challenges in dynamic airport environments.
• Good communication skills with clear and succinct messaging in verbal and written form.
  
  
  

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