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As an Operations Manager - Control Centre - Hub, you will play a vital role in the pursuit of operational excellence to achieve our ambition of being recognized as one of the top 10 airlines in the world, by leading day-of operations to ensure activities are conducted efficiently and safely. Your main responsibility will be to supervise and manage the daily activities of the Airport Operations Coordination Centre (AOCC) at the airport. You will thus ensure the efficient and safe execution of all terminal activities, including flight coordination, ground services, and passenger flow. The Airport Operations Manager - Control will collaborate with various airport services, external stakeholders, and service providers to ensure smooth operations, respond in emergencies, and optimize on-time performance.

Your priority will be to create a safe, positive, and supportive environment in which your leadership empowers members of our unionized team (IAMAW and Unifor) to excel. By coaching your team empathetically with a focus on their development and building a bond of trust, you will enable them to exceed customer expectations and maintain our warm sense of hospitality.

Responsibilities:

- Be responsible for leading the complex daily activities of airport operations, with care and class, in the assigned sector, to ensure their smooth and efficient execution.
- Ensure daily compliance with safety protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), thereby fostering a culture of "Safety First, Always".




- Represent the Air Canada brand and the company's vision for customer service excellence, reflecting our commitment to providing a warm welcome and representing our country with pride.
- Assist in leading and supervising unionized personnel, and encourage employees to be accountable for their actions while respecting collective agreements.
- Play an influencing role to foster a sense of responsibility among staff, and empower employees to use their judgment and experience to "do what is right" when needed.
- Participate in regular feedback sessions with team members to foster team collaboration and the "United to Succeed" behavior.
- In collaboration with other operational managers, mitigate performance issues, including establishing development needs and unsatisfactory performance, through coaching, guidance, and disciplinary measures.
- Promote and enhance the safety culture in all spheres of operations by encouraging proactive reporting and quickly managing incidents using reports from Air Canada's Safety Management System hosted in the Aviation Quality Database (AQD).
- Monitor and ensure on-time performance by supervising operational processes and procedures and collaborating with team members to manage and resolve delays or issues, while supporting our safety-first culture.
- Manage and quickly resolve operational disruptions, emergencies, and customer concerns.




- Conduct on-site incident investigations, ensuring complete, timely, and accurate reporting.
- Work in a dynamic, complex, and unpredictable environment requiring the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances and emergencies.
- Monitor multiple screens and cameras simultaneously to stay aware of ramp activities while answering a high volume of calls and radio communications.
- Provide operational guidance to key stakeholders.
- Provide operational status reports to unionized employees and all internal and external stakeholders.
- Establish and distribute the operational start-up report as well as the station performance sheet.
- Act as the primary station contact for pilots (Flight Operations) via air-ground radio communication.
- Actively participate in flight monitoring to ensure compliance with the event sequence for a flight's arrival or departure in accordance with established processes.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to monitor the sequence of events for a flight's arrival or departure.
- Ensure delayed flights have the correct code and accurate comments.
- Show cooperation and continuously communicate operational information to other departments and suppliers, including ramp operations, In-Flight Service, Air Canada Maintenance, and Air Canada Cargo, via chat, email, radio, phone, and digital assistant (PDA).
- Adapt to new concepts, technologies, and processes as the industry evolves, embracing change and leading by example.
- Participate in emergency response training.
- Communicate in a fast-paced workplace via internal chat, phone, radio, and email.
- Brief unionized team members on new Standard Oper

📌 Operations Manager (Quebec City)
🏢 Air Canada
📍 Quebec City