Drones Operations Manager

Deliveroo is recruiting: Drones Operations Manager, based in London, United Kingdom.

About the role: Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition.

What you would be doing:

• Fly as a pilot in command on a regular rota: aircraft acceptance and commissioning flights, proving flights for the regulator, and live delivery operations.
• Run pre-flight and post-flight checks, site and airspace checks, weather go/no-go decisions, battery and payload handling, and flight logging in line with the Operations…
• Act as visual observer, payload operator or flight supervisor as needed, and be on the ground at launch and landing sites during operations.
• Keep your own pilot competency, currency, recurrent training and flight records up to date, to the standard you set for the team.
• Lead incident, accident and occurrence response in the field and file regulator reports (CAA mandatory occurrence reporting / IAA-EASA equivalent) and run the follow-up…
• Keep flying: you will be hands-on with aircraft every week while you lead.

What they are looking for:

• Current remote pilot qualifications and significant hands-on UAS flight experience (including BVLOS or complex operations), with a CAA or EASA-recognised pilot…
• Experience holding or managing UK CAA Operational Authorisations and/or EASA Specific category authorisations (or LUC).
• Proven ability to write and enforce SOPs, checklists and Operations Manuals.
• Working knowledge of UK CAA / IAA / EASA regulations, SORA, airspace and compliance frameworks.
• Experience leading and training pilots, and starting up or scaling flight operations.
• Practical experience setting up an operating site: finding space, working with landlords, contractors and local authorities, and handling battery storage and site safety.

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