**Description** CRST The Transportation Solution, Inc. is delivering promises and driving success so we can all have what we need to live and thrive. We need talented individuals to help us bring this vision to life. **Job Family:** General administrative professionals play various roles across the organization, each supporting specific functions. While they don’t align with a particular job family, their work is vital to the organization’s overall success. **Job Summary:** The Pilot has authority over flight operations, ensuring safety, proper planning, and compliance with all regulations, including fuel management, maintenance checks, and documentation. In addition to flight-related duties, the Pilot is responsible for maintaining the aircraft, managing supplies, and ensuring a smooth, efficient experience for passengers and crew. **Location:** Eastern Iowa - Cedar Rapids Area **Essential Duties and Responsibilities:** + **Flight Operations Oversight –** Ensure final authority over all flight decisions, including the safety of passengers and the ability to delay or cancel flights when necessary + **Flight Planning & Preparation –** Lead flight planning efforts, reviewing maintenance records, weather conditions, and runway requirements to ensure smooth operations + **Fuel Management –** Oversee fuel planning, including calculating necessary reserves, accounting for delays, and ensuring fuel efficiency for each flight + **Fueling Coordination & Oversight –** Select fueling services based on contracts, manage fueling procedures, and ensure proper fuel delivery and safety standards + **Documentation & System Updates –** Maintain and update all flight manuals, charts, and system databases to ensure current and accurate operational information + **Expense Tracking –** Keeping track of and entering required expenses for approval + **Maintenance & Troubleshooting –** Report and verify any aircraft maintenance issues, assist with diagnosing problems, sourcing parts, and conducting test flights as needed + **Supplies & Inventory Management –** Order and maintain necessary supplies for the aircraft and office, ensuring that food, drinks, and maintenance materials are stocked + **Passenger & Crew Assistance –** Assist passengers with luggage, rental car reservations and other needed services + **Operational Support & Cleaning –** Perform tasks such as cleaning office areas and disposing of trash, including recycling + **Accountability & Reliability –** Maintain regular and reliable attendance while performing other duties as assigned to support team and business needs **Requirements:** + Valid ATP Certificate with multiengine rating + Valid FAA second class medical certificate + Valid FCC radio operator certificate + Possess or have the ability to obtain a type rating in the aircraft operated by the company **Preferred Qualifications:** + 3000 or more total flight hours + 1000 or more multi engine turbine hours + Experience with corporate jets and operations + Excellent customer service skills **What to expect:** + Lifting and loading light to heavy luggage /cargo. + Traveling up to 75% of the time with 4 to 10 nights a month away from home, the other 25% working in the office assisting with maintenance or other office duties as directed or required. + During a trip must be reachable at all times unless flying. + Working inside and outside in all kinds of weather conditions. + Arrive 1.5 Hour prior to departure for domestic flights and 2 hours for international flights and remain onsite until the aircraft is secured at the end of a trip if away from home and secured and cleaned in the hangar if returning to the hangar. + Additionally, the pilot will report to the Chief pilot and is responsible to the Captain / Chief Pilot for the conduct and execution of assigned duties of the flight. + Assists the Captain / Chief Pilot with safety of flight responsibilities and being prepared to assume the duties of the pilot in command if or when needed and or required. Work locations of each position will be determined during the hiring process. Each work location will depend on business needs and the essential functions of the position. **The CRST Core Values:** Safety at the Core of All We Do – Integrity in Every Decision and Action – Commitment to the Success of Employees, Customers, Agents, Contractors, and Communities. **EEO Statement:** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. **Qualifications** **Skills** **Preferred** + **Complex Problem Solving:** Expert + **Coordination:** Expert + **Equipment Maintenance:** Expert + **Judgment and Decision Making:** Expert + **Monitoring:** Expert + **Operation and Control:** Expert + **Social Perceptiveness:** Expert + **Systems Evaluation:** Expert + **Troubleshooting:** Expert **Education** **Preferred** + Associates or better + Bachelors or better Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. 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