Careers at Airways

Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited is a State-Owned Enterprise established under the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1987. Airways provides services on a commercial basis under that Act and is also authorised by Section 99 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 and under Part 172 of the Civil Aviation Rules to provide the airways services covered by these Standard Terms.

Careers Overview

Airways is the product of its extensive intellectual capital-our people are the key to servicing the needs of our customers and the success of our business. Airways is a fast-paced, innovative organisation, leading New Zealand in exploring new technology and services, and this sophisticated and dynamic industry offers a wide range of career opportunities.

Invest your skills in Airways and join an organisation with an international reputation for innovation and success. Airways offers a range of career opportunities throughout New Zealand and overseas:

• Behind the scenes technical, financial, managerial and administrative support positions are located in Airways' corporate office in Wellington and other centres in New Zealand.
  
  
• Air traffic controllers work in towers, our Oceanic Control Centre or our radar centre, providing aircraft with a service that keeps them separated and operating in a safe, efficient and orderly pattern. Airways ATC Training programme.
  
  
• Front line operations staff such as technicians and engineers are located at various sites around New Zealand and are responsible for maintaining our navigational aids and implementing new technology systems. Flight procedure designers create promulgated flight paths and procedures for airspace surrounding airports.
  
  
• International consulting Airways International Limited takes our experience and expertise to operations around the globe. Our team of consulting experts works to develop and implement customised solutions to system and customer needs.

Air Traffic Controller Careers

Welcome to Airways. You've just landed at the destination where you'll find all the information you need to help your future take off.

Whether you've already thought about becoming an Air Traffic Controller (ATC), or are just exploring the possibility, you're about to discover that it's a career that provides an impressive mix of challenge, opportunity and reward.

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Already a Qualified Air Traffic Controller?

As an experienced Air Traffic Controller you can usually expect to work at our main radar centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. For these vacancies we require radar experience. Occasionally we have vacancies for our Control Towers located throughout New Zealand or our Oceanic Unit based in Auckland.

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Other Careers at Airways

Like the Controllers, the Systems staff are also highly trained and professional employees. Airways recruits experienced and qualified engineers and technicians and then provides up to 18 months of in-house training and on-the-job experience to bring them up to speed with Airways' equipment and processes..

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