Searching for the perfect traineeship that is fulfilling, challenging and where you will further develop your potential? Well, you may have found your next destination!

BECOME A EUROCONTROL TRAINEE & MAKE EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFER

Type of contract: Traineeship, 6 months, full-time / Location: EUROCONTROL’s Experimental Centre (EEC) – Directorate European Civil-Military Aviation in Brétigny-Sur-Orge (near Paris), France

Who we are

EUROCONTROL is a leading public organisation in the field of European ATM.

We are uniquely qualified to make the Single European Sky a reality and we support our Member States and stakeholders in making aviation safer, more efficient and more cost-effective, while minimising its environmental impact.

We operate in four European countries and employ staff from our 41 Member States.

Each of us has a role to play in supporting European aviation. Become a part of the EUROCONTROL story and deploy your talent with us! 

Your team

We, the Safety team, are looking for students to join our dynamic, international team to support safety activities in EUROCONTROL’s Experimental Centre. As such, we offer valuable in-house training and excellent mentoring on a range of subjects to give our trainees the chance to maximise their learning experience and develop their potential.

We are a team of experts with varied backgrounds involved in a broad spectrum of safety activities, ranging from research on new concepts, safety tools and methods to support to deployment.

If you have a combination of technical and creative skills, enjoy working in a team, and wish to acquire experience in an international aviation environment, you should continue reading as this could be "the" fantastic traineeship opportunity for you!

Your role

As a safety trainee, you will report to your mentor and apply your skills to work with your technical and operational team members in achieving the core objectives of your traineeship.

We have various projects to offer our safety trainees depending on their interest. With us, one of your roles could be to:

✈ Enrich existing safety risk models with operational data from incident reports;

✈ Participate in the assessment of how drones affect safety and develop new approaches to understand the impact and risks of their operation;

✈ Assist in developping tools and new approaches to support safety activities. This means that you will:

• Support the management of safety requirements in safety assessments;


• Participate in the definition of safety performance targets;


• Analyse operational information such as radar and flight plan data;


• Support the management of safety risk and ATM functional models development and versions.

✈ Analyse operational data applying Artificial Intelligence techniques to identify emerging safety risks and new safety indicators;

✈ Support Big Data studies and understand how digitalisation of the airspace will enhance data based approaches to safety measurement;

✈ Participate in research studies to better understand the human contribution to safety risk; or 

✈ Be involved in international projects supporting Air Traffic Service Providers to improve their safety risk management.

Your qualification

You are currently pursuing a Master’s degree or equivalent in a domain relevant and applicable to Air traffic management / Aviation domain, e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence and Aeronautical Engineering, and you have an interest for safety-related issues.  

Your technical skills

As one of our safety trainees, Visual Basic, Java, C# and Python hold no secrets for you. Along the line, you have knowledge in computer science in general, applied mathematics or information science.

At EUROCONTROL, the working languages are English and French. As part of Performance and Methods unit, you are proficient in English (both verbal and written) and have a satisfactory working knowledge of French.

Your behavioural competencies

Beside the technical competencies, you will need to demonstrate the following skills:

✈ You are a strong team player;

✈ You are self-motivated;

✈ You are flexible and not afraid of changes;

✈ You easily blend in within a multicultural environment.

Our Corporate Behaviours

We expect our people to show the following corporate behaviours: result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team player approach.

Useful information

If you match the profile and are a national of one of ECAC Member States, please apply by the 25/04/2019.

This opportunity falls under the Traineeship Programme Regulations.

Only the candidates who will be invited for an interview/test will be informed of the outcome of the selection.

A flat-rate allowance of €900 (net) per month as a contribution towards living expenses will be granted.

Reimbursement of travel expenses to take up appointment and leave may be covered by means of a lump sum.

EUROCONTROL is an equal opportunity employer, promotes gender diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from female candidates.

All information about our traineeship package and other incentives which make EUROCONTROL an attractive place to start your career with can be found in the section “Traineeships” of our career page.

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