Within our drone services business we have an opportunity for a Head of Flight Operations to join and lead up our growing Flight Operations function.
Our Flight Operations team is currently based across the UK and Singapore (with more countries to follow in the next 12 months) and consists of remote pilots experienced in flying complex beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights.
Our work includes flying BVLOS drone deliveries for the world’s biggest healthcare and logistics companies, as well as flying surveillance flights for governments around the world. See the link below for an example of our work - https://vimeo.com/564086649
The Head of Flight Operations will be an experienced aviation (manned or unmanned) professional with experience in leading and growing a team of professional, highly competent flight crews.
Skyports is a growing business and the individual must be comfortable operating at the peak of innovation performing world-leading flight operations while simultaneously maintaining a mature, safe and effective flight operations function.
You will report to the Director, Drone Services and will also work closely with our Technology, Regulatory and Commercial teams.
You will:
- Embed a true safety-first “just” culture into the Flight Operations function as well as the wider business.
- Mentor and develop the large and growing Flight Operations team. Our Flight Operations team is currently based in the UK and Singapore and you must be comfortable working across timezones and different cultures. More countries will be onboarded in the coming 12 months.
- Develop documents, processes and systems in regards to safety, training and standards. This will include working with Skyports’ existing Safety Management System (SMS).
- Learn to fly Skyports’ unmanned aircraft and maintain currency. Note this role will not require the individual to be operating unmanned aircraft on a regular daily basis, however a deep understanding of our aircraft, flight operations processes and technology is essential.
- Lead the creation of Concept of Operations (ConOps) for new drone missions.
- Work closely with the Commercial team in order to execute effectivley on a day-to-day basis for Skyports’ customers.
- Travel to our various offices and live flight operations on a regular basis for extended periods of time (up to 4 weeks). These are located in the UK, Europe, Colombia, Singapore with more countries to be launched in the next 12 months.
- Work closely with Skyports’ OEMs to ensure Skyports aircraft are operating at high standards with high uptime.
- Manage the resourcing and scheduling processes for the large and growing Flight Operations function. This requires strong project management skills and an ability to prioritise projects as well as effectivley communicate with people.
- Oversee the development of numerous step-change advances in Flight Operations processes including but not limited to Remote Operations Centres and one-to-many drone operations.
- Contribute to the creation of regulatory documents including Operations Manuals, SORAs, Technical Manuals and Risk Assessments.
- Embed a culture/systems of continuous improvement to always be optimising flight operations.
- 5+ years experience in aviation (unmanned or manned) in a flight operations, safety and/or training role. This may be through a commercial (e.g. airline or drone company) or military background.
- Experience of leading teams across multiple time zones and cultures.
- Experience of growing/scaling teams.
- Experience in monitoring/managing safety processes including: Safety Management Systems and Occurrence Reporting.
- Experience in creating and implementing training material.
- Experience in creating aviation operations practical documents and procedures for daily use in real world environments.
- An understanding and appreciation of unmanned systems and how they differ to manned aviation.
- The right to work in the UK.
- A competitive salary and pension
- Fantastic learning environment
- A unique exciting fast-paced working environment where we can truly make a change for good to the world of transportation
- Generous stock options
- Unlimited holiday allowance
- Work from home opportunities
- Team lunches
- Company swag
- and more!