UK CAA – Market Surveillance and Monitoring – sUAS Information

Wage: £55,000 to £65,000 (depending on expertise)

Contract Sort: Everlasting – Full time

Location: Gatwick – Hybrid

Visa Restrictions: This place doesn’t provide visa sponsorship.

We’re the UK’s aviation and aerospace regulator and recognised as a world chief in its area. Our actions are numerous, enabling the aviation business to satisfy the very best security requirements, and we delight ourselves on our capacity to adapt to the consistently evolving aviation atmosphere.

The Function

Following the announcement from the UK authorities that the CAA has been named because the MSA (Market Surveillance Authority) for Open Class Drones, the CAA is now in search of two individuals to tackle the function of MSA Specialists. That is an thrilling alternative for somebody with a background in investigation, enforcement, product security, high quality assurance, knowledge/danger evaluation or just drones on the whole, who is happy by the concept of becoming a member of a very new group and serving to to form it because the operate matures. Prior expertise working in an MSA operate just isn’t a prerequisite.

The MSA operate will perform the actions of guaranteeing required requirements for RPAS are met by producers and different financial operators (e.g. importers and distributors) and intervening when there’s non-compliance. This can contain executing the surveillance and management of merchandise positioned on or getting into the market below UK Regulation (EU) 2019/945. As well as, the MSA operate is chargeable for implementing and overseeing the conformity evaluation framework within the UK, guaranteeing producers show compliance with designated requirements relevant for sophistication marked RPAS (Remotely Piloted Plane Techniques).

Core Accountabilities

Market Surveillance and Monitoring:

• Reviewing and analysing RPAS product considerations submitted to the MSA from a variety of potential stakeholders, together with CAA, financial operators (e.g. producers, importers or distributors), RPAS customers, normal public, Conformity Evaluation Our bodies, Division for Transport, Border Pressure, amongst others.
• Analysing developments in RPAS knowledge and CAA security intelligence knowledge to find out whether or not additional product investigations are warranted.
• Proactive product surveillance and monitoring via reviewing and analysing RPAS product info and promoting supplies to establish RPAS product considerations and potential non-compliant merchandise.

Threat Evaluation and Product Investigations:

• Delivering danger assessments and overseeing product investigations to collect proof on whether or not corrective actions or product recollects are required to alleviate well being and security dangers.
• Updating procedures, coverage and steering consistent with the Safty and Airspace Regulation Group (SARG) Administration System.
• Reviewing and analysing a variety of inside and exterior knowledge sources to substantiate the proof introduced within the danger assessments.

Corrective Motion and Product Restrictions:

• Arranging and overseeing the supply of corrective actions by financial operators ought to a non-compliant RPAS product be recognized via the product evaluations.
• Liaising with financial operators to establish and agree on proportionate corrective motion measures to resolve RPAS product considerations.
• Managing and overseeing communication of the corrective motion measures to related stakeholders, together with inside CAA groups, financial operators, RPAS customers, public, DfT and Border Pressure, amongst others.

MSA Coverage and Processes:

• Accountable for designing and implementing the insurance policies and processes to ship an efficient MSA and sophistication marking framework.
• Main the implementation of legislative modifications associated to class marking and market surveillance if required, to strengthen the effectiveness of the regulatory framework for RPAS.
• Collaborating with inside and exterior working teams to establish alternatives to enhance the MSA’s insurance policies and processes to unlock additional security, safety and shopper safety advantages.

About You

Minimal important necessities for the function:

• Expertise working with danger evaluation frameworks.
• Buyer-centric mindset.
• Capable of stand floor on key selections and keen and in a position to positively problem stakeholders in any respect ranges.
• Potential to work below stress.
• Distinctive communication expertise.
• A supply and outcomes focussed mindset.
• A programme mindset, and the power to work inside and handle complicated mission plans.
• Expertise to affect and work inside a various group.
• Data of the CAA and the atmosphere during which it operates.
• Stakeholder administration expertise – confirmed expertise of working with tact and diplomacy and with a various group of stakeholders. Robust expertise and functionality in managing relationships with stakeholders in any respect ranges.
• Influencing and negotiation expertise of a excessive order shall be vital to make sure the appropriate outcomes are achieved with the power to speak clearly and successfully.
• Expertise in making troublesome selections for the nice of a coverage positions or related tasks – even when it goes in opposition to the established order.

What Can We Provide You?

The RPAS business is a wholesome, quick paced and extremely revolutionary section. If you’re the form of person who enjoys a broad spectrum of novel and thrilling challenges, then it is a phenomenal group and time to affix. Should you really feel you will have the data base to contribute, then this function gives you a incredible alternative to be instrumental to this burgeoning business’s growth and success.

Further Info

For a lot of appointments inside the CAA, these roles require entry to operationally delicate infrastructure and/or Nationally Protected info. For these roles the put up holders should bear Nationwide Safety Vetting and obtain the suitable degree of clearance.

CTC – To be vetted we are going to often anticipate an inexpensive interval of residency within the UK in order that significant checks will be undertaken. For this function this can should be 3 years.

If you don’t meet these necessities, we could not be capable to settle for your utility.

For extra info on CTC and SC clearance please go to – Vetting defined – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The CAA values excessive moral requirements and private integrity amongst staff. If invited for interview you may be requested to finish a declaration of curiosity.

Relocation & Property

The CAA shall be relocating from Aviation Home (Our Gatwick Workplace) to new premises in just a few years’ time. Our transfer is pushed by strategic, operational and environmental issues.

We shall be shifting to a brand new native residence, as much as a 15-mile radius of Aviation Home, to minimise disruption for our valued colleagues and prospects.

We are actually working with colleagues and guests to know what we want in our new workplace, earlier than we begin our property search. We are going to promote Aviation Home and land, vacate the location and transfer to new premises, however we don’t anticipate to maneuver earlier than 2028

Inclusivity

We’re proud to be an equal alternative employer and have a good time our variety guaranteeing all are backgrounds included right here on the CAA. As a member of the Incapacity Assured scheme, candidates who meet the minimal standards for a job with us shall be assured an interview.

Our Advantages

We provide a variety of fantastic advantages similar to:

• Versatile & hybrid working preparations obtainable
• 28 days annual depart + public holidays (further 5 days depart buy scheme)
• Beneficiant pension scheme (As much as 12% employer contribution)
• Wellbeing Room at Gatwick
• Psychological Well being and Suicide First Aiders
• Worker Help Programme, speaking therapies and neurodiversity assist through Occupational Well being & entry to Headspace for colleagues and 5 dependents
• Free onsite fitness center at Gatwick or discounted fitness center membership for London
• EV charging factors
• Worker Growth programs internally and through Skillsoft

Our Values

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Closing Date: Friday sixth June 2025

Interview Date: w/c sixteenth June 2025

We reserve the appropriate to shut this emptiness early if we obtain adequate purposes for the function. Subsequently, in case you are , please submit your utility as early as potential.

No recruitment businesses please.

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