SERCO recruiting

[MJ]

Not affiliated with this at all, just passing on the info.

Serco is hiring Air Traffic Controllers and Air Traffic Managers for the FAA in various towers. We have openings in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. We invite you to join our Virtual Open House on Tuesday January 30th from 3pm-4pm ET.

All positions are currently offering sign-on bonuses varying from 5k-10k depending on location.

What We Offer:

• Industry leading customer service standards
• Competitive rate of pay
• Paid vacation leave
• Immersive training programs
• Opportunities for career growth and progression
• Highly collaborative team environment
• Comprehensive benefits packages

If you or someone you know could benefit from an exciting career with a world-renowned defense contractor; we invite you or a friend to view the link below for more information and to register for the upcoming open house.

https://www.serco.com/na/careers/jobs-supporting-the-faa

Lauren Buckman
Sourcing Specialist

Serco Inc.

[email protected]

 

[SolicitSVFR]

Been getting these the past couple years or so. They must be hurting. Applied to a dozen jobs fresh out the military and not a peep. Starting hitting me up 8 years later and even recently that they had my resume on file and was wondering if id like to talk to a recruiter. It’s been two years since that first email… think I’ll wait another 6 years to reply

 

[HurryUpandWait]

exactly how bad is contract life??? Asking for a friend…

 

[Apple-saucer]

I don't like that they're making the listings by state now instead of showing which airports have openings.

 

[After_Victor]

I don't like that they're making the listings by state now instead of showing which airports have openings.

My guess is there isn’t a fully staffed tower at Serco right now. I know the ones near me are struggling.

 

[Railgeek]

They got my personal email somehow, same with a few friends of mine.

 

[Apple-saucer]

My guess is there isn’t a fully staffed tower at Serco right now. I know the ones near me are struggling.

There's five in socal I'd take but I haven't heard anything back so now I'm applying to a bunch of dispatch jobs.

 

[TushingPin]

There's five in socal I'd take but I haven't heard anything back so now I'm applying to a bunch of dispatch jobs.

Super surprising. What's your experience like?

exactly how bad is contract life??? Asking for a friend…

Very dependent on ATM. Location wise they're normally pretty good. Pay is ok... and I truly mean ok. I believe (someone can correct me on this if they know) they're offering a sign on bonus OR some time off if you're willing to sign off to being there for atleast a year. Otherwise no leave until 1 year mark unless your state has mandatory sick leave. (I mean literally no leave, no sick, no anything, you take LWOP or make up the days if you have to call in sick for the first year). Benefits are mediocre at best, and pricey. The 401k and matching is pretty nice. Lots of single seven level, so get used to being there by yourself. They want you checked out within 30 days, but they're hurting so bad they'll let that string along longer, but.... they're gonna push for you to be done in 30.

 

[123DATC]

I’ve worked at Serco, and RVA. For the most part the pay is better at RVA, due to the Union presence. However, the company culture is much more professional at Serco, the benefits aren’t the best, but they are substantially better at Serco than RVA. I would say if you’re looking to work contract, find a tower at Serco that you’re okay with the pay & cost of living in the area and that’s where I personally would go.

 

[Hal9000]

I have worked for a few contract companies now and have found that Serco pay is livable, with some spots being far more livable than others. It did feel lower than Midwest pay by quite a bit. Staffing is typically not great, but some facilities are hidden gems. (E.g., I was able to take my pick of vacation and it felt like I had an entire summer off.) I loved that some of their towers had 4/3, no quick turns, etc., but that wasn't and isn't the norm. The ATM is a huge factor in how pleasant it is to work at a facility, and more than the DoD, etc., at least in my opinion, because you're often working with them.

Probably the best thing about Serco is the beauty of some of their locations, such as MSO, GPI, etc. A few of the head honchos I talked with while at Serco were really great folks who truly cared about me and my family, but like much of the contract world, most of them were really overworked, too. Some of them were less pleasant, but that's to be expected.

Oh, and the benefits are really bad. It's best to have a spouse who works and gets health benefits that you can get in on. I did not find any of the plans remotely affordable on the pay offered.

 

[After_Victor]

There's five in socal I'd take but I haven't heard anything back so now I'm applying to a bunch of dispatch jobs.

PM more info, I’m in SoCal and can get you connected to the right people at Serco

 

[Apple-saucer]

Super surprising. What's your experience like?

A CTO, approach, and en route from the navy.

 

[TushingPin]

A CTO, approach, and en route from the navy.

Super weird. They were taking people who didn't even have a official CTO when I was there (non federal towers that did ATC)

 

[BDUB]

Super surprising. What's your experience like?


Very dependent on ATM. Location wise they're normally pretty good. Pay is ok... and I truly mean ok. I believe (someone can correct me on this if they know) they're offering a sign on bonus OR some time off if you're willing to sign off to being there for atleast a year. Otherwise no leave until 1 year mark unless your state has mandatory sick leave. (I mean literally no leave, no sick, no anything, you take LWOP or make up the days if you have to call in sick for the first year). Benefits are mediocre at best, and pricey. The 401k and matching is pretty nice. Lots of single seven level, so get used to being there by yourself. They want you checked out within 30 days, but they're hurting so bad they'll let that string along longer, but.... they're gonna push for you to be done in 30.

This is about as accurate as it gets lol

 

[skykid11]

Dumb question incoming, if the FAA can send CTI grads to their Facilities, why can't the Contractors?

 

[Somenewguy]

Dumb question incoming, if the FAA can send CTI grads to their Facilities, why can't the Contractors?

Even though the agency is short staffed, the FAA has a lot more resources to let people fuck around, waste time, and fail out of a facility and contribute nothing for literal years. The contract world is run on a much smaller margin. Single person staffing is a norm instead of an exception. It is not a good learning environment. The training process is more to ensure that people know what they're doing already.

 

[GulfCharlie]

Even though the agency is short staffed, the FAA has a lot more resources to let people fuck around, waste time, and fail out of a facility and contribute nothing for literal years. The contract world is run on a much smaller margin. Single person staffing is a norm instead of an exception. It is not a good learning environment. The training process is more to ensure that people know what they're doing already.

This. After your first week you should have: Ground, CD/FD with the next two weeks to focus on Local and the fourth to have your check ride.

 

[WagonWheeler]

Dumb question incoming, if the FAA can send CTI grads to their Facilities, why can't the Contractors?

Midwest, and I’m assuming the other big 2, have written and pushed for legislation to allow the simulator experience that CTI grads recieve to count as experience for the 6 month post CTO requirement. Example: A Embry Riddle CTO graduate in good standing would be able to count the sim time they in class towards the 6 months min. They would essentially put the work on the current controllers at whatever tower they end up at to teach them from the ground up.

 

[BDUB]

Why in the hell would you go to a contract facility out of a CTI school now? I get it maybe location but you make so much more going faa with way better benefits. If I had to guess the contract facilities are in for a serious shitshow with the new year round bid the faa has now. Idk why anyone would go contract at this point.

 

[WagonWheeler]

Why in the hell would you go to a contract facility out of a CTI school now? I get it maybe location but you make so much more going faa with way better benefits. If I had to guess the contract facilities are in for a serious shitshow with the new year round bid the faa has now. Idk why anyone would go contract at this point.

Oh I agree with you, but they are desperate and are trying to lower the threshold. Midwest has 20-30 openings with no real pipelines and all the close to being retired FAA guys don’t wanna work full time for shitty benefits and no leave. Plenty willing to work part time but I don’t think they’ll go for that.