Entry Point North is one of the largest Air Traffic Service academies in the world – we deliver ATS training and services at our sites (in Sweden, Ireland, Hungary, Denmark, Spain and Belgium), at client sites all around the globe and in Virtual Classrooms.

We are here to empower the people who safeguard our skies, and are currently looking for Simulator Pilots to join us at Entry Point North Ireland in Shannon: are you our new brave, responsible, innovative and open-minded colleague?

Job description

As Simulator Pilot, you will act as a pseudo pilot to our Air Traffic Controller students in training. Your main responsibility is to operate the simulator with the clearances and instructions given by the ATCOs. 

We provide facilities to ATCOs on behalf of our clients and deliver training to practice their skills in a range of different areas such as separation methods, training for new units, practising responses to emergency situation and much more. You will for example:

• Make initial inputs
• Ensure that the aircraft behaves as cleared
• Make radio calls for aircraft

You will work together with other Simulator Pilots, Simulator Specialists and Training Administrator as well as other colleagues.

Meet Aaron, Simulator Specialist in Dublin and Benjamin, Simulator Pilot in Copenhagen to learn more about their jobs.

This is a fixed-term contract with an expected start date September and duration of about 6 months up to 1 year.

The basic starting salary will be €26,000.

Your background

We are looking for someone with:

• Ability to work well in a team environment and naturally adapt to change
• Excellent communication skills in English (speaking and writing)
• Interest in aviation
• Available to start in September 2022

We are looking for an open-minded colleague with a willingness to learn new things. Your positive approach and ability to collaborate with your colleagues will be a success factor in this role. You have a high level of multitasking capability and adapt quickly to changes. As a person you are ambitious and take responsibility to carry out your responsibilities, always with a service-minded attitude.

Employment will be subject to successfully passing Garda Vetting procedures.

Our offer

We offer a professional and international working environment with people from diverse backgrounds who collaborate to achieve results. We are ambitious with our business plans and have exciting times ahead of us.

How to apply

If this sounds interesting to you, please apply through our portal as soon as possible but no later than July 31st. We review applications continuously.

We are unfortunately not able to accept applications via email, however for questions about the role please feel free to reach out to our Team Leader Systems, Sharon Cunningham, on +353 860 438 743 or s.cunningham@entrypointnorth.com.

To help us place the right people in the right role, we believe in science-based and fair assessment methods. Therefore, as part of our recruitment process, we use Alva Labs assessments to help us increase our hiring success by identifying the candidates that are most likely to thrive and be successful in the role.