Take Your Career to New Heights with ASL Aviation Holdings

Join ASL Aviation Holdings, a global aviation group with over 150 aircraft and 4,000 people across 51 nationalities. Whether on the ground or in the air, we offer exciting opportunities to grow, learn, and shape your career.

Who We Are

Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, ASL operates five wholly owned airlines across Europe and Australia, and joint ventures in South Africa, Thailand, and India. Our airlines deliver cargo for the world’s leading parcel integrators and online retailers and provide passenger and charter services worldwide. We also operate ASL Maintenance, a certified EASA Part 145 organisation keeping our fleet of B747s and B737s flying safely.

Why ASL?

• Career Development: Clear growth paths, learning, and advancement opportunities.
• Inclusive Culture: Gender diversity initiatives and fair employment practices across all airlines.
• Global Experience: Work with a diverse, international team in a fast-paced, dynamic industry.
• Job Satisfaction: Be part of a workplace that motivates, inspires, and rewards your contribution.

At ASL, you don’t just start a job, you start a career in aviation, with the support, opportunities, and expertise to help you reach new heights.

ASL Aviation Holdings - where your career takes flight.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB            

Reporting directly to the Director of Flight Operations (DFO), the Deputy Director of Flight Operations supports the management, safety oversight, and operational performance of the Flight Operations Department. The role ensures regulatory compliance, budget control, staffing adequacy, and high standards of safety, quality, and efficiency across all flight operations.

KEY ACTIVITIES

Main tasks and responsibilities

• The position holder reports directly to the Director of Flight Operations.
• They assist the Director in supervising and coordinating various teams working in diverse fields.
• They ensure an administrative working schedule that allows them to handle all files and procedures related to their responsibilities.
• As a priority, the position holder ensures a high level of safety and security in flight operations in coordination with the relevant managers.
• They contribute to the safety, security, and quality policy defined by the company in the context of flight operations.
• In their role as Deputy Director of Flight Operations, the position holder is involved in the preparation and follow-up of all management files of the Flight Operations Department.
• They may at any time deputize for the Director of Flight Operations, within the scope of the delegations granted, to ensure amendments or follow-up actions.
• Assist in periodic meetings in coordination with the Human Resources Director and attend them in the absence of the Director of Flight Operations. Due to the nature of the files handled, strict confidentiality is required.
• Support and deputize for the DFO in all operational, safety, and management matters.
• Ensure a high level of flight safety, security, and regulatory compliance (PN, FTL, OPS).
• By delegation, the position holder participates in supervising teams of employees with varying levels of autonomy working in different fields: Crew Admin Support, Flight Ops Engineering Office, Traffic Rights & Slots, Documentation and Dispatch.
• Assist in managing and monitoring the Flight Operations budget and activity reporting.
• Assist in supervising regulatory compliance and flight crew employment conditions.
• Act as a key backup interface with Human Resources, Quality, and external stakeholders.
• (Assists in social dialogue and negotiations with flight crew representatives).
• Oversee purchasing and subcontracting related to flight operations.
• Ensure quality system compliance and corrective action follow-up.

Assisting Projects

·To manage all special projects that have been allocated by the Director Flight Operations.

People / Resources Management

·To motivate the staff as well as deal with personnel issues and take appropriate actions to ensure continuity in staff performance to ensure a high quality of services is maintained.

·To create an environment in which new ideas and alternatives are encouraged to ensure continuous improvement in the current way of working to develop a challenge minded team spirit.

·To ensure that the responsibilities and objectives of the reported staff are clearly defined ant their accountability for performance expressly understood.

Communication

·To create a relationship and communicate with other departments and subcontractors to ensure effective and efficient co-operation aiming to improve overall company performance.

Internal compliance

·To comply with all relevant divisional and local company related policies, procedures and legal requirements.

Customer Experience

·At anytime and anywhere, to perform the activities and display the behaviors that are designed to deliver a distinctive Customer Experience.

 

Corporate Responsibility / Health & Safety

• To comply with local, national legislation, Health & Safety and Environment regulations to maintain a safe working environment for self and all the depot employees.
• To comply with the company's corporate social responsibility, health, safety and environmental standards and responsibilities as identified within ASL Airlines Belgium management systems.
• To participate in the corporate initiatives.
• To respect the H&S procedures & instructions.
• To act & work safely.
• To maintain a clean office with due regard to Health & Safety matters like ergonomics.
• To make use of the PPE (personal protective equipment) provided by the company.
• To report possible risks to the hierarchy.

REQUIREMENT & QUALIFICATIONS

Essential Educational and / or Training Qualifications & Certificates

• Valid Flight Crew License and the associated ratings appropriate to a type of operation conducted under the AOC.

Preferred Experience and Knowledge (number of years, type of experience)

• Minimum of 10-15 years’ experience within a major airline environment, preferably Flight Operations.
• Organizational awareness (structure and products and services).
• Understanding of communication requirements in a multi-cultural environment.

Necessary Technical / Functional Skills

• Discretion and confidentiality are extremely important.
• High availability.
• Resilience.
• Highly developed business reporting skills.
• Project Management qualities to participate in or lead new projects.
• Good negotiation skills.
• Good people and customer skills.
• Good communicative and analytical skills, both oral and written.
• Good knowledge of the French and English language, both oral and written – Dutch is an asset.
• PC skilled (MS Office, ASLB Systems, etc).
• Able to demonstrate accuracy, analytical skills and is objectives oriented.
• Team-player.
• Good communication skills with all levels in a clear, factual manner.
• Flexible and ability to work under pressure.
• Work in an organized way to be able to meet set deadlines.

Behavioural Skills

• To display a positive, open and cooperative behaviour to facilitate a good relationship inside and outside the department, avoid and help to solve conflicts.
• To maintain a professional office environment with due regard to confidentiality and security of aircraft data.
• To be rigorous, precise, well organized, solution orientated, proactive, etc.
• To take initiative to propose areas of improvement.
• To have leadership.
• To have the ability to create team spirit.
• To be stress resistant, high degree of autonomy, self-motivator, team player and able to manage personnel of various levels of skills.

Work Conditions

• 50% flying – 50% office work.
• Based in Liège, Belgium.
• High demand for personal flexibility and operational stress management.