Cleveland ARTCC is currently seeking applicants for the position of Facility Engineer.

Duties:

• Reports to the DATM; ATM as necessary
• Maintain active online presence on the website, discord, email, and network
• Attends staff meetings as called by the ATM; DATM
• Creates, maintains and updates ZOB sector files, alias files, POF files, and vATIS config files.
• Coordinates with ZOB and other ARTCC staff to mitigate and manage frequency and automation problems.
• Review and recommend the use of other controller tools for implementation within the ARTCC
• Any other duty assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Must have at least a Senior Student (S3) rating
• Must be an active member of the network in good standing
• Be a member of ZOB, or willing to transfer upon selection
• Be skilled with legacy controlling client software and relevant software involved in technical file creation/manipulation.
• Be knowledgeable of CRC and involved configuration tools, or be willing upon selection to learn
• Must be able to work in a team environment
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills

Highly Desired Skills:

• Possess a high degree of commitment and motivation
• Possess experience and certification within the Cleveland ARTCC
• Have previous Facility Engineer experience
• Have previous staff experience in a VATSIM ATC facility or virtual airline
• Have experience with software programming

Application Instructions:

• Applications may be submitted to the Cleveland Deputy Air Traffic Manager via email: [email protected]

Application must include:

• Name, active email address, and CID
• Resume and Cover Letter
• Application accepted till filled.

What to Expect:
This is an entry-level position. The workload is light, with moderate peaks after periodic AIRAC / Navigation / Procedure updates. All applications will go through an initial evaluation. Candidates who pass the evaluation will be contacted for a comprehensive interview. All candidates will be notified if/when a selection is made.

I’m kind of curious as to why you wouldn’t ask the neighboring artccs to staff airports that can handle a significant amount of traffic. This event just feels like a shady way to get around the rules. Yes. Technically this is not breaking the rules as ORF and ALB are class C airports.

From just looking at the event, it really looks like ZNY asked for two extra airports that would qualify for an event and threw them in there to get it to essentially be a single airport FNO. I think a better decision for this event would have been to include other airports like DTW, SDF, IAD, DCA, something like those that could handle more traffic than ORF and ALB and are more popular like Bobby said. It doesn't help that the only mentions of ORF and ALB being included in the event are in the bottom left of the banner in small transparent text, and in the event description that is formatted like this:

Event Fields: KJFK! _{KALB & KORF}

I have no idea how it actually went down, so I'm not going to say ZNY asked for ORF and ALB in because they wanted all the traffic, but I will say again that is definitely how it looks due to the very obvious attempts to make it hard to tell there are 3 airports included in the event and not just one. I am not trying to say the event won't be fun for people flying and people controlling, I think it just could have been done better and I hope this comes across as constructive criticism and not as an insult to any people involved.