Air Traffic Control Specialist (Traffic Management Coordinator, TMC)

The Traffic Management Coordinator ensures that traffic management instructions/restrictions are initiated in accordance with established procedures to maintain a safe and expeditions flow of traffic and minimize the impact of heavy flight demands. Assesses the facility's capacity and projects an acceptable level of traffic. Issues appropriate traffic flow restrictions to adjacent facilities, to space, hold and reroute aircraft to distribute the flow of traffic and equalize workload among positions. Follows agency policy when implementing traffic management initiatives. Maintains awareness of the traffic flow, equipment status, airport/weather conditions and traffic forecasts to ensure acceptable levels of traffic, mitigate delays and avoid flights into undesirable atmospheric conditions. Maintains familiarization of all phases of facility operations and aeronautical/meteorological conditions. Maintains currency on required positions of operation. Works under the administrative supervi