Senior Airspace and Flight Procedure Design Specialist

About the role

VIVO Defence Services is recruiting a Senior Airspace and Flight Procedure Design Specialist in Sharjah to provide senior technical leadership and subject matter expertise in airspace design and flight procedure design on behalf of Serco and the Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). The role ensures that Sharjah's current and future operational needs are represented and integrated into UAE airspace modernisation, acting as the principal technical representative for the Dubai Control Area redesign, the wider UAE airspace redesign programme, the Sharjah aerodrome approach and area control interfaces, and the feasibility and implementation of a Sharjah CTA and Approach Control service.

Key responsibilities

• Lead Sharjah DCA's technical participation in the Dubai CTA redesign and UAE airspace modernisation, define operational requirements and represent Sharjah at technical working groups, workshops, simulations and regulatory meetings.
• Develop airspace concepts (CTR, TMA, CTA, ACC interfaces, sectorisation, routes, civil-military interfaces) and assess their effect on runway operations, traffic flows, delays and future growth.
• Design and review SIDs, STARs, instrument approaches, missed approaches, holding procedures, ATS routes and PBN transition routes, ensuring compatibility with PANS-OPS, aircraft performance and ATC workload.
• Specify charting, ARINC 424 coding tables, AIXM data sets, WGS-84 coordinates and obstacle data requirements, and coordinate independent verification, simulator evaluation and flight validation.
• Prepare design initiation requests, design packages, safety assessments and technical position papers, and ensure procedures are maintained through the AIRAC process.
• Lead the feasibility study and concept definition of a dedicated Sharjah CTA and Approach Control service, including traffic demand, capacity, staffing, interfaces and the business case.
• Run or oversee fast-time and real-time simulations, human-in-the-loop trials and operational data analysis, assessing controller and pilot workload, separation and flight efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with GCAA CAR-ANS, CAR-ASP and CAR-SMS and ICAO standards, manage change, safety assessment and risk control, and coordinate AIP amendments, aeronautical charts and AIRAC implementation.
• Manage the programme plan, governance, work packages, risks and deliverables, and support procurement, tender evaluation and supplier management.