Airborne Sensor Operator

1 week ago

Nowra, Australia QinetiQ Full time

Expressions of Interest in future opportunities with QinetiQ Air Affairs - Airborne Sensor Operators

QinetiQ employs more than 8000 people in more than 50 locations around the world, offering our customers premier expertise in advice, services and creative technology-based products.

QinetiQ Australia, part of the global QinetiQ group, provides technological and scientific expertise to help customers protect and advance their vital interests. As an innovative science and technology company, we help solve some of our customers' most challenging problems. Our determination to deliver and improve today and anticipate and shape tomorrow, makes QinetiQ a very exciting, rewarding and respected place to work and learn.

The recent acquisition of Air Affairs further establishes QinetiQ as a long-term, strategic partner to the Australian Defence Force and underpins QinetiQ’s strategic position as market leader in threat representation, training, test and evaluation. Headquartered in Nowra, New South Wales, Air Affairs provides targets and training services, and electronic warfare capabilities to the Australian Defence Force, in addition to aerial surveillance and reconnaissance in support of government firefighting efforts. Air Affairs owns and operates a fleet of special mission aircraft and maintains an advanced manufacturing and engineering facility providing design, manufacture and certification operations.

We are currently taking expressions of interest for future roles as Airborne Sensor Operators to join our bushfire and flood-mapping reconnaissance team based in Nowra.

As an Airborne Sensor Operator you will be supporting the delivery of information crucial to the effective searching for and mapping fire and flood areas. We operate a fleet of specially modified Learjet and King Air aircraft and conduct wide area bushfire surveillance, multispectral imaging and aeromedical operations throughout Australia.

Liaising with government agencies, emergency services, our GIS analysts and pilots your day to day role will include;
Planning and prosecution of missions

Ensuring our clients receive the information required as part of our contract

Operating a suite of mission and sensor systems

Liaising with the flight crew and ground teams to select and develop the best outcomes for our clients

What you will receive;
A career opportunity within a global defence company

A role that will see you take part in unique aviation experiences

To be considered for this role you will ideally;
Be willing to be located within 1 hr of Nowra

Have experience with aerial survey, special missions or similar, such as drone mapping, GIS, survey or asset inspection (not essential but an understanding of mapping is preferred)

Have a good working knowledge of Windows operating systems and networking functions

Be willing to work on call at short notice

Have high levels of awareness and a safety first attitude

Experience seeing the big picture and adherence to strict protocols around safety and procedures

Willingness to gain a defence security clearance (Australian Citizenship required)

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