Senior Analyst - Orat

Overview

Applications will be accepted from: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED

Division/ Section: HAS / DIRECTOR'S OFFICE - OPERATIONAL REDINESS & AIRPORT TRANSISTION

Workdays &

Hours:

Monday – Friday 8:00AM – 5:00PM (subject to change)

The ORAT team is responsible for stakeholder engagement, people readiness, and facility activation. It serves as the voice of the end user, allowing stakeholders to provide input on the facility they will be using and maintaining. The team conducts thorough testing to ensure operational readiness of all systems. People readiness involves bringing internal and external stakeholders together, providing technical and operational training, and conducting trials and simulations.

Stakeholder engagement and people readiness lead to facility activation, which includes training programs and trials. The team takes an approach for progressively de-risking the transition of new or upgraded facilities into a live and predictable operational state. The Houston Airport’s ORAT team exists to assure that the facilities meet the readiness standards and expectations of a five-star airport where the magic of flight is celebrated.

The purpose of the Senior Staff Analyst position is to support the Operational Readiness and Airport Transition (ORAT) team in the successful coordination of activation and opening of the new facilities at the Houston Airports. The ORAT Senior Staff Analyst will provide logistical support for the ORAT team and hundreds of stakeholders as we plan and transition into the new facilities.

This position will be fast paced, very dynamic, and will be working with an extremely energetic team of professionals who are responsible for the successful design and function of major projects for the Houston Airports. “Candidates must be able to obtain all security required badge access including Custom Border Patrol access within 6 months from the hire date.

• Coordination of Activation Working Groups across multiple projects by schedule resolution, providing project related materials, maintaining activation/project checklists, prepare project related correspondence, distribute technical materials, assist in the development of Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and Contingency Plans (CPs) for the custodial and maintenance teams developed from project design standards and catalog lessons learned.
• Participate in project meetings, working groups and workshops, contributing technical analysis and experience as it relates to operational readiness, activation, training, and function of the major projects.
• Provide direct communication with airline stakeholders, federal agencies, and airport tenants regarding ORAT workshops, trials, simulations, and other activities.
• Provide familiarization, introduction, testing (trials and simulation) and commissioning of the major projects.
• Review current and future project documents and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure various projects are in alignment and do not conflict with other scheduled or future work.
• Review projects and maintenance activities from a holistic, airport system-wide approach to ensure efficiencies in the airport system.
• Develop ORAT presentations and reports for leaders and stakeholders to include preparation of workshop materials, as well as various project schedules.
• Coordinate and schedule familiarization, introduction, and testing (trials and simulations) of the major projects with airline stakeholders, federal agencies, and airport tenants regarding ORAT workshops, trials, simulations, familiarization, and other activities for the opening of new facilities.
• Provide training to all stakeholders to include everything from basic facility orientation to specialized operational systems and safety training.
• Be a liaison between project managers, planning, the project, and overall general project/airport situational awareness, among other responsibilities.
• Attend walkthroughs of construction areas to ensure compliance with HAS standards and work with contractors to bring deficient items up to standards. Coordinate with contractors and stakeholders to resolve…