Flight Consultant - Johannesburg, South Africa - World Fuel Services

World Fuel Services

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

At World Fuel Services, our employees are the key to our global success. We are industry leaders due to the innumerable talents of our approximately 5000 strong professional team. Our people thrive in an entrepreneurial and culturally-diverse environment, where innovative thinking, collaboration and efficient execution are highly valued. Our high-performance culture is what allows us to drive sustained growth. Stronger together, we promote an environment where individuals can thrive.

Key Responsibilities:

Daytoday operations requirements, such as but not limited to the following:
Coordinating more than 40 trip support offered services / productsservices/products including but not limited to: customer ground handling, operational permits, slots, flight following, hotels, & transportation
Coordinating global customCustoms, Immigration, and Agriculture services including customs arrangements, Canpass, and submission and arrangement of Border Overflight Exemptions
Creating, maintaining, and processing customers' operational changes to ensure the success of customer's customers' trips in our internal operational system.
Creating Trip Cost Estimates in our internal operational system
Provides customers with fuel quotes and/or Sales Order (SO) for all Customers and is responsible as the primary backup for Global Fuel Logistics in high demand / systemsystem demand/system infrastructure events
Provide primary quality control for Global Trip Support managed trips
Must have a firm knowledge and understanding of Global Trip Support aviation products and services and be able to effectively market them to customers in the supported supported business segment.
Responsible for assuring that all operational trips are current and updated in a timely manner based on the most recent customer communications.
Act as the pPrimary point of contact for customers for designated accounts supporting the Commercial/Military or Business General Aviation business segment.
Maintaining, improving, and enhancing the customer relationships for these designated accounts
Assisting in establishing and providing an unmatched quality of service and communication to all customers
Provides an expert level of support and consultation supporting Commercial/Military or Business General Aviation business segment

Additional Commercial/Military business segment Duties:

Responsible and able to produce Flight Planning & Weather Briefing for customers
Varying technical experience required based on levels
Knowledge of ATC regulations and understanding of flight planning systems
PPS8, Air Inc, and/or Navblue

Additional Responsibilities:

Backup Flight Planner and/or Meteorologist, where applicable & qualified
Backup to Supporting Services
Monitors communications after normal business hours and on weekends upon implementation of the storefront operations
Performs other duties as may be assigned by management.
Helps other employees to accomplish company goals
Working Hours: as determined by the Sr Director Global Operations

Knowledge/Skills:

Ability to act in situations with confidence, assertiveness, tact, and diplomacy
Ability to deal resolutely with sensitive issues; methods and techniques used in persuasion and negotiation of conflicts and problems
Ability to maintain a professional demeanor in stressful situations and negotiations
Ability to partner with other departments and interact effectively with employees at all levels of the organization
Strong technical computer skills across the MS Office product suite is are essential.
The ability to work independently with mínimal supervision is essential.
Ability and willingness to work across a shift plan that covers day, night, weekends, and holidays is essential. We operate 24/7 yearround.
Commercial / Military:
Responsible and able to Flight Planning & Weather Briefing to customers
Basic ability to create and prepare flight planning and weather package to for customers under direction direct supervision.
Coordinating and retrieving information to determine potential hazards impacting the safety of flight in determining proper routings.
Loading customerspecific aircraft specifications into operational systems
Use of technical knowledge to evaluate and create future operational ATC routings to be flown by customers to ensure the safety of flight
Knowledge of ATC regulations and understanding of flight planning systems
PPS8, Air Inc, and/or Navblue

The Individual

Minimum education certificate at level 12 matric certificate is required.
Aviation work experience is essential. This is likely to be gained in the field of aviation trip planning or alternatively as a pilot with experience in supporting the trip planning process.
Knowledge of the General Aviation industry is essential and aviation airport operations experience is essential.
Strong customer service skills and experience is essential.
Strong organ