Military Operations Analyst

Your Opportunity

Stantec GS has an opportunity for a full-time Analyst who will specialize in aviation and military training-related issues in support of various planning projects in support of Department of Defense and other clients.  The person who fills this position will play an integral part in helping support our nationwide Department of Defense planning programs. Working in a team environment, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading and contributing to site visits, data collection, and analysis of impacts and use of Special Use Airspace, training areas, ranges, and other military operations on non-DOD or non-Federal property for environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, encroachment, planning, and other associated studies CONUS and OCONUS. This position will provide important support to planning documentation evaluating potential effects from U.S. military training programs. The successful candidate must have the legal right to work in United States. Certain assignments may require ability to obtain a security clearance.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Analyze data and information related to military training, systems, and technologies to optimize training capacity and safety.


• Analyze requirements for new aviation platforms and contribute to basing feasibility analyses in terms of airspace management, operational factors, logistics, and technology.  Monitor and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements related to airspace management.


• Ability to interface and interact with military pilots to translate operational requirements for documentation in environmental, regulatory, and noise analyses.


• Provide support in the development of airspace redesign proposals and air traffic/airspace management strategies.


• Review and interpret airspace and training area utilization data, schedules, and traffic flow to identify potential improvements or bottlenecks.


• Prepare and present reports on airspace usage, traffic patterns, and optimization recommendations.


• Develop and maintain an understanding of military training technologies and trends.


• Provide expert input to teams supporting planning for military training and training facilities to include live-fire ranges.


• Utilizing military doctrine and training syllabi, provide expert assistance to teammates from other technical disciplines so that they better understand military clients’ requirements.


• Prepare technical reports and presentations, and presentation delivery.


• Provide analytical support to various planning projects


• Collaborate with engineers and project managers to ensure the feasibility and success of team projects.


• Perform risk assessments and recommend strategies to mitigate potential risks


• Assist with budget planning and cost projections.


• Project Management.


• Ability to obtain FAAST MACA training certification from the FAA for mid-air collision training if necessary.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Experience with, and understanding of, both military and civil aviation.


• Understanding of Controlled Airspace (Class A-E); Uncontrolled Airspace; Special Use Airspace (Prohibited Areas, Restricted Areas, Military Operations Areas, Warning Areas, Alert Areas, Controlled Firing Areas, National Security Areas); and other relevant airspace (Advisory Areas, Temporary Flight Restrictions, Military Training Routes, Aerial Refueling Tracks, Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace).


• Understanding of military flight operations.


• Understanding of range operations, usage, and planning.


• Understand military training to include use of live-fire ranges and equipment, both airborne and ground-based.


• Demonstrated technical writing skills and strong verbal communication; able to prepare written reports detailing the results of technical studies.


• Provide expert technical reviews of various planning documents in the field of Special Use Airspace and other military training.


• Provide expert planning advice to clients in the field Special Use Airspace applications and other military training.


• Experience preparing or contributing to environmental assessments/impact statements pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).


• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, especially MS Excel.


• Demonstrated experience and strong desire for multi-disciplinary internal collaboration, and proposal development; strong interpersonal and social skills and ability to interact across a broad range of audiences/technical backgrounds including internal and external clients and regulatory agencies.


• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to work with minimal supervision.


• Willingness and ability to travel for project work.


• Previous experience as a military pilot or Air Traffic Controller is highly preferred.

Education and Experience 

• 10 years' aviation or related experience (i.e., air traffic control, airspace management, military pilot).


• Bachelor's degree preferred.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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