Airspace Leader/Executive

About the Role

• We're recruiting Senior Project Leaders / Executives with specialized airspace
• expertise to lead a comprehensive study of military airspace usage across
• Canada. This engagement will define future airspace requirements to support the
• modernization of combat aviation capabilities, ensuring our client retains the
• flexibility and volume of airspace needed for effective training as the
• national airspace system evolves. The successful candidate will benchmark
• processes against international air navigation service providers and allied air
• forces to bring global best practices into this modernization effort.
• Airspace is a critical resource
• for training combat forces, and rising demand from military, allied, and
• civilian operators is driving the need for modern approaches to airspace
• segregation, ownership, sharing, and communication. This role sits at the center
• of a multi-stakeholder modernization effort covering Trajectory Based
• Operations, Flexible Use Airspace, and Free Route Airspace concepts, working
• alongside national aviation regulators and the national air navigation services
• provider.

What You'll Do

• •Analyze historical and current military airspace usage
• data to identify usage patterns, geographic concentrations, and any shortfall
• or excess in current airspace allocations relative to training requirements
• •Assess airspace of strategic importance for
• multinational exercises, force integration, continental defence commitments,
• and expeditionary readiness, and recommend appropriate management structures
• •Analyze surveillance data to evaluate the impact of
• military operations on civilian air traffic and identify fuel-saving
• opportunities
• •Determine future airspace requirements by fleet and
• base to support modernized combat capabilities, including emerging technologies
• such as high-altitude long endurance operations and remotely piloted aircraft
• systems
• •Evaluate which controlled and restricted airspace areas
• should remain under military control, be returned to civilian air navigation
• management, or be managed by a newly established airspace management body
• •Assess opportunities to apply variable/flexible
• airspace profile concepts to increase flexibility for both military and
• civilian users
• •Benchmark IT/IM systems and airspace deconfliction
• tools used by allied nations and international air navigation service
• providers, and recommend a roadmap for future systems and interoperability
• •Develop an organizational framework, staffing
• recommendations, and a decision-making model for a new airspace management
• coordination body
• •Recommend training, certification, and recurring
• planning processes to support ongoing airspace management and civilian aviation
• coordination

Deliverables & Schedule

• •Kick-off meeting within 15 working days of contract
• start, including a project management plan and delivery schedule
• •Six major work-package deliverables (detailed reports
• and recommendations) delivered progressively over the course of the engagement
• •Monthly progress review meetings with minutes and
• action items
• •Monthly schedule and status updates

Requirements

What We're Looking For

• •Extensive senior-level experience in airspace planning,
• air traffic management, or military aviation operations
• •Strong understanding of airspace classification
• systems, restricted/danger/advisory area management, and modern airspace
• concepts (Flexible Use Airspace, Free Route Airspace, Trajectory Based

Operations)

• •Experience benchmarking against international air
• navigation service providers or allied air forces is a strong asset
• •Familiarity with airspace deconfliction and IT/IM
• systems used in air traffic and military airspace management
• •Strong report writing, briefing, and stakeholder
• engagement skills
• •Eligible to obtain and maintain a government security
• clearance at the level required for this engagement; candidates requiring
• access to controlled goods or classified material must be eligible for
• registration under applicable government security programs
• •Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• •Willingness to travel domestically, including extended
• stays, and internationally where required (valid passport needed)

Engagement Details

• •Level of effort: approximately 360 days (senior), over
• the duration of the contract
• •Location: on-site at approved locations in Ottawa,
• Winnipeg, and additional operational bases as required, with some remote work
• permitted from a secured, client-issued device; any work involving classified
• information must be performed on-site
• •Travel: domestic travel required; occasional
• international travel possible, subject to pre-approval
• •Language: English