Load Control

Purpose

To perform all weight and balance functions for Kenya Airways flights and customer airlines, with the prime responsibility of ensuring SAFETY of passengers, crew, and aircraft. Promote and maintain a positive safety, quality, and security culture for Kenya Airways and its partners by ensuring compliance with relevant industry, legislative, and company standards, thereby creating a healthy, safe, and secure environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and communicate to loading personnel a load plan that is in line with aircraft loading processes on a shift basis to ensure optimized utilization of aircraft space and performance, and expeditious cargo and baggage handling for customer satisfaction.
• Prepare an accurate load sheet that shows load distribution, passenger cabin seating, special loads, and LMCs, conforming to company policy, procedures, and customer SLAs on a shift basis.
• Calculate accurately the estimated zero fuel weight (EZFW) within limits required by the company to minimize unnecessary extra fuel uplift across the entire KQ route network, and provide the same to Flight Dispatchers in a timely manner.
• Report to the shift leader Weight & Balance daily performance details in a timely manner to enable cost-effective actions and safe flight operations.
• Ensure implementation of safety, security, and emergency standards at all times.
• Ensure and maintain a healthy, safe, and secure working environment in compliance with relevant industry, regulatory, and legislative requirements, company procedures, regulatory authorities, and requirements of customer airlines.
• Promptly report any quality, safety, or security related issues, defects, near-misses, or nonconformities as per established reporting channels.
• Avail a copy of the signed NOTOC to OCC for emergency purposes and advise the destination airport.
• Ensure 100% compliance with customer airline Weight & Balance and customer airline SOPs, enabling safe practices and compliance with aviation and other legislation.
• Monitor and advise Flight Dispatchers and Flight Deck Crew on EZFW changes to help ensure optimum fuel uplift, especially on tankering routes.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Detail-oriented

Qualifications

• Diploma in Flight/Airport Operations or Certificate in Weight & Balance
• University graduate in mathematics/applied sciences or related courses is an added advantage
• Computer literate
• Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience in Flight Operations or Airport Operations
• Conversant with KQ’s commercial activities and processes