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 trade to fulfill the very best security requirements, and we delight ourselves on our capability to adapt to the consistently evolving aviation surroundings.

The Position

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 on the lookout for two folks to tackle the position of MSA Specialists. That is an thrilling alternative for somebody with a background in investigation, enforcement, product security, high quality assurance, knowledge/threat evaluation or just drones basically, who is worked up by the concept of becoming a member of a very new crew and serving to to form it because the perform matures. Prior expertise working in an MSA perform is just not a prerequisite.

The MSA perform 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 may be non-compliance. It will contain executing the surveillance and management of merchandise positioned on or coming into the market beneath UK Regulation (EU) 2019/945. As well as, the MSA perform is answerable 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 issues 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 traits in RPAS knowledge and CAA security intelligence knowledge to find out whether or not additional product investigations are warranted.
• Proactive product surveillance and monitoring by reviewing and analysing RPAS product data and promoting supplies to determine RPAS product issues and potential non-compliant merchandise.

Danger Evaluation and Product Investigations:

• Delivering threat 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 in keeping with the Safty and Airspace Regulation Group (SARG) Administration System.
• Reviewing and analysing a variety of inner and exterior knowledge sources to substantiate the proof introduced within the threat 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 by the product evaluations.
• Liaising with financial operators to determine and agree on proportionate corrective motion measures to resolve RPAS product issues.
• Managing and overseeing communication of the corrective motion measures to related stakeholders, together with inner 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 inner and exterior working teams to determine alternatives to enhance the MSA’s insurance policies and processes to unlock additional security, safety and client safety advantages.

About You

Minimal important necessities for the position:

• Expertise working with threat evaluation frameworks.
• Buyer-centric mindset.
• In a position to stand floor on key selections and prepared and capable of positively problem stakeholders in any respect ranges.
• Potential to work beneath strain.
• Distinctive communication expertise.
• A supply and outcomes focussed mindset.
• A programme mindset, and the power to work inside and handle advanced undertaking plans.
• Abilities to affect and work inside a various crew.
• Information of the CAA and the surroundings wherein it operates.
• Stakeholder administration expertise – confirmed expertise of working with tact and diplomacy and with a various group of stakeholders. Sturdy expertise and functionality in managing relationships with stakeholders in any respect ranges.
• Influencing and negotiation expertise of a excessive order shall be essential to make sure the correct outcomes are achieved with the power to speak clearly and successfully.
• Expertise in making troublesome selections for the great of a coverage positions or related initiatives – even when it goes towards the established order.

What Can We Provide You?

The RPAS trade is a wholesome, quick paced and extremely revolutionary section. If you’re the type of individual that enjoys a broad spectrum of novel and thrilling challenges, then this can be a phenomenal crew and time to hitch. When you really feel you might have the data base to contribute, then this position affords you a unbelievable alternative to be instrumental to this burgeoning trade’s growth and success.

Further Data

For a lot of appointments throughout the CAA, these roles require entry to operationally delicate infrastructure and/or Nationally Protected data. For these roles the publish holders should endure Nationwide Safety Vetting and obtain the suitable stage of clearance.

CTC – To be vetted we’ll often anticipate an inexpensive interval of residency within the UK in order that significant checks could be undertaken. For this position it will must be 3 years.

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

For extra data 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 can 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 a number of years’ time. Our transfer is pushed by strategic, operational and environmental concerns.

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

We at the moment are working with colleagues and guests to know what we want in our new workplace, earlier than we begin our property search. We’ll 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 rejoice our range 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 spread of fantastic advantages corresponding to:

• Versatile & hybrid working preparations accessible
• 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 help by way of Occupational Well being & entry to Headspace for colleagues and 5 dependents
• Free onsite health club at Gatwick or discounted health club membership for London
• EV charging factors
• Worker Improvement programs internally and by way of Skillsoft

Our Values

Do The Proper Factor, By no means Cease Studying, Construct Collaborative Relationships, Respect Everybody – For extra data please Click on Right here

Closing Date: Friday sixth June 2025

Interview Date: w/c sixteenth June 2025

We reserve the correct to shut this emptiness early if we obtain enough purposes for the position. Subsequently, in case you are , please submit your software as early as potential.

No recruitment businesses please.

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