Course leader & instructor* for Initial training - Air Traffic Control (ATC)
Safety first – and a whole lot more.
DFS is best known for ensuring the safe, orderly and expeditious handling of air traffic in the skies over Germany thanks to the work of its superbly trained air traffic controllers. As a company with over 5,600 members of staff, we need a broader range of professionals to fulfil our mission, however. At our Headquarters, branches and sites across Germany, we can offer attractive career prospects in a host of areas and the chance to work with people who love what they do in a work environment that feels like family. Ready to take off?
Langen near Frankfurt is the home of our Headquarters and a control centre branch. Langen is where the present and future of the Group is shaped and where 2,500 members of staff in administration, management, IT, engineering, and training & development work, nestled on our landscaped Campus grounds.
Join our team full-time in the Initial Training department at DFS.
Raise your future to the right level. You will have plenty of freedom to shape your role in a company that aims to set standards in air navigation services – personally, technically and sustainably.
We look forward to receiving your application. *Gender (f/m/d) doesn't matter, the main thing is aviation enthusiasm
Your tasksYour tasks
✈ Delivering theoretical and practical instruction as well as independently preparing materials and teaching aids, such as training manuals, educational resources, assignments and exams/assessments
✈ Ensuring the quality of Initial and continuation training, developing and updating exam questions, and correcting and evaluating exams/assessments
✈ Serving as the subject-matter contact for participants for assigned courses and proactively addressing social conflicts in a professional manner, contributing to their resolution
✈ Developing measures for the targeted support of individual course participants and identifying areas of development and potential as well as assessing participants' capabilities
✈ Independently developing DFS learning objectives, content and teaching methods for ATCO training and development frameworks, including instructional materials
✈ Contributing to the advancement and modernisation of the training portfolio through methodological, didactic or technical development projects
✈ Supporting other departments in theoretical and practical training at the DFS Academy and maintaining and expanding your professional and instructional expertise
What makes you stand outWhat makes you stand out
✈ Fully trained air traffic controller with extensive professional experience in the role, including several years' experience as on-the-job and simulator instructor
✈ Extensive cross-unit experience and knowledge of operational procedures and systems in air traffic services
✈ Outstanding level of methodological and didactic knowledge, demonstrated through instructor qualifications (such as OJTI, advanced instructor qualification)
✈ Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and German, or readiness to actively acquire German language skills (to B1 level)
✈ High level of educational commitment to guiding our trainees as they enter a completely new and challenging professional environment
✈ Highly developed interpersonal skills, flexibility as regards duties and tasks, and a willingness to learn new subject areas
Our BenefitsOur Benefits
- 32 Tage bezahlte Freistellung (u.a. Urlaub) pro Jahr, zusätzlich Heiligabend und Silvester frei
- Sichere Karriereperspektive
32 Tage bezahlte Freistellung (u.a. Urlaub) pro Jahr, zusätzlich Heiligabend und Silvester frei; Sichere Karriereperspektive
ContactContact
- Job-ID: J000000305
- Location: Langen
- Organization: Unternehmenszentrale
- Job Category: Aviation
- Working hours: Full time
- Published: 17.11.2025
