Aerial Survey Pilot
1 week ago
**Daily Duties**:
- Check weather conditions for conducive take-off and flight as per technical project requirements.
- Collaborate with airborne systems engineer for flight planning to optimize flying hours within ATC, SACAA, Ferry, and weather restrictions.
- Conduct pre-flight checks to ensure aircraft airworthiness.
- Ensure all aircraft equipment meets specific modification requirements.
- Coordinate with airborne systems engineer regarding the project and anticipated flight paths.
- Communicate with air traffic controllers to ensure flight plan accuracy aligns with expected flight circumstances.
- Update aircraft flight folio to manage time to the next planned maintenance, allowing for sufficient task/project completion time.
- Safely and economically operate the aircraft to maximize its capability and minimise company expenses for each trip; track and manage expenses to stay within the
project budget.
- Weekly update flight and duty records with flight and duty times, ensuring total flight times adhere to SACAA requirements.
**Minimum Rating requirement**:
182, or 206 or both, and or Jabiru.
**Minimum hours**: 500hrs (not including simulator hours)
**Required Qualifications**:
- Must have a minimum of 800 total logged hours.
- Any Survey Experience advantageous.
- Hold as a minimum a Commercial Pilot License (CPL) with instrument rating.
- Must have a valid radiotelephony license.
- Must have a Class 1 medical certificate.
**Must have completed and hold current certification on**:
- Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) training
- Dangerous Goods (DG) training
- Safety and Emergency Procedures training (SEPT)
- GNNS, RNAV and PBN Resulting Physical Qualifications:
- Must be prepared to travel locally and internationally on occasion extended periods of time.
**Skills and Characteristics**:
- Highly self-motivated and self-directed - can operate with mínimal oversight.
- Ambition to improve self and team in knowledge, ability, and efficiency.
- Highly effective communication skills
- Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Demonstrates integrity and accountability in words and actions.
- Ability to perform fault finding and troubleshooting.
- Must be a very flexible individual that can deal with constant change.
Between 3 - 5 Years
