UK CAA – Market Surveillance and Monitoring – sUAS Information

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

Contract Kind: 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 fulfill the best security requirements, and we satisfaction ourselves on our capability 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 searching for 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, information/danger evaluation or just drones on the whole, who is happy by the thought of becoming a member of a totally new staff and serving to to form it because the perform matures. Prior expertise working in an MSA perform will not be 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’s non-compliance. This may 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 accountable for implementing and overseeing the conformity evaluation framework within the UK, guaranteeing producers exhibit 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 Power, amongst others.
• Analysing developments in RPAS information and CAA security intelligence information to find out whether or not additional product investigations are warranted.
• Proactive product surveillance and monitoring by reviewing and analysing RPAS product info and promoting supplies to establish RPAS product considerations and potential non-compliant merchandise.

Danger Evaluation and Product Investigations:

• Delivering danger assessments and overseeing product investigations to assemble proof on whether or not corrective actions or product remembers are required to alleviate well being and security dangers.
• Updating procedures, coverage and steerage consistent with the Safty and Airspace Regulation Group (SARG) Administration System.
• Reviewing and analysing a variety of inner and exterior information sources to substantiate the proof offered 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 by 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 inner CAA groups, financial operators, RPAS customers, public, DfT and Border Power, 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 establish 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 function:

• Expertise working with danger evaluation frameworks.
• Buyer-centric mindset.
• In a position to stand floor on key selections and keen and in a position to 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 flexibility to work inside and handle advanced venture plans.
• Abilities to affect and work inside a various staff.
• Information of the CAA and the atmosphere by which 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 will likely be vital to make sure the precise outcomes are achieved with the flexibility 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 progressive section. In case you are the form of individual that enjoys a broad spectrum of novel and thrilling challenges, then it is a phenomenal staff and time to hitch. In case you really feel you will have the data base to contribute, then this function provides you a incredible alternative to be instrumental to this burgeoning business’s improvement and success.

Extra Data

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 stage of clearance.

CTC – To be vetted we’ll often count on an inexpensive interval of residency within the UK in order that significant checks could 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 can be requested to finish a declaration of curiosity.

Relocation & Property

The CAA will likely be relocating from Aviation Home (Our Gatwick Workplace) to new premises in a couple of years’ time. Our transfer is pushed by strategic, operational and environmental concerns.

We will likely be shifting to a brand new native dwelling, 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’d like 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 count on to maneuver earlier than 2028

Inclusivity

We’re proud to be an equal alternative employer and have fun 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 task with us will likely be assured an interview.

Our Advantages

We provide a spread of fantastic advantages akin to:

• Versatile & hybrid working preparations obtainable
• 28 days annual go away + public holidays (further 5 days go away 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 health club at Gatwick or discounted health club 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 precise to shut this emptiness early if we obtain adequate functions for the function. Due to this fact, in case you are , please submit your utility as early as doable.

No recruitment companies please.

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