DEA Aviation Ltd
Sensor Operator Assistant
Bassetlaw
Posted about 2 months ago
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Sensor Operator Assistant
Department: Task Specialist
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Gamston Airport, Retford
Reporting To: Stuart Jones
Description
To support the Sensor Operator function across airborne and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) operations, with a focus on mission preparation, data handling, reporting, imagery exploitation, and post-mission evidence management. This is an entry-level role suited to a graduate or early career candidate with a background in intelligence, data analysis, aviation, geospatial analysis, or a related field. The post holder will be trained to support live mission activity, with occasional sensor operation required once competent, authorized, and supervised in line with company procedures.
Key Responsibilities
Mission Planning and Execution Support
- Prepare for airborne and Remote tasks through review of tasking, Air Tasking Orders (ATOs), route information, airspace, collection requirements, customer outputs, and crew briefings.
- Support land, maritime, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions by helping to manage mission flow, collection priorities, reporting rhythm, and information handover.
- Receive and action dynamic tasking from ground command elements under the direction of the Task Specialist or mission lead, adapting search patterns, sensor priorities, and reporting flow as the situation develops.
- Conduct clear handovers, crew briefings, and post-flight debriefings, ensuring risks, collection gaps, task outcomes, and follow-on actions are captured.
Data, Reporting, and Exploitation
- Store, back up, label, and disseminate raw mission data in line with company procedures, customer handling rules, and security controls.
- Produce clear oral and written reports, including near real-time updates and post-mission flight reports, with accurate timings, coordinates, and event summaries.
- Support Level 1 Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) by manipulating, processing, and analyzing digital aerial imagery and spatial data.
- Extract Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) from collected imagery and support reporting.
- Maintain mission records, flight logs, and evidence packs to support quality assurance, customer reporting, future tasking, and traceability.
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Sensor Operation and Mission Support
- Undertake occasional sensor operation when trained, assessed, and authorized, supporting Electro-Optical and Infrared (EO/IR), still imagery, video, and other mission sensor outputs as required.
- Assist the Task Specialist in maintaining target track, collecting required imagery, capturing event detail, and supporting mission reporting during live operations.
- Use mission systems, ground station tools, and communication platforms to receive, display, record, and transfer mission information accurately.
- Develop practical competence in airborne and RPAS mission environments, including safe working around aircraft, live operating areas, and deployed locations.
Compliance, Security, and Professional Standards
- Handle customer data, operational information, and imagery with discretion, applying company and customer handling instructions at all times.
- Follow aviation safety, security, Crew Resource Management (CRM), fatigue, and operational reporting procedures.
- Raise risks, collection issues, equipment concerns, or reporting gaps promptly to the Task Specialist, mission lead, or line manager.
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Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
- Degree, equivalent qualification, or demonstrable early career experience in intelligence, data analysis, aviation, geospatial analysis, remote sensing, defence, policing, security, or a related discipline.
- Confident user of standard office and collaboration tools, including Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and data storage systems.
- Desirable experience or interest in RPAS, aviation operations, sensors, mission systems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), imagery analysis, or operational reporting.
- Ability to meet company and customer security, travel, and site access requirements.
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to capture accurate timings, coordinates, event descriptions, and task outcomes under pressure.
- Analytical and methodical approach, clear written and verbal communicator, calm, professional, and reliable in operational environments, with the maturity to work around aircraft, deployed teams, and sensitive information.
- Proactive learner with a willingness to build competence in airborne and remote mission systems, sensor operation, reporting standards, and customer procedures.
- Flexible and team-focused, with the ability to support shift work, potential deployed operations, and changing mission priorities where required.
Benefits
- Up to 4% Pension contribution match
- Octopus EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Bupa Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Annual Leave Purchase
- Cycle 2 Work
- Free flu vaccination voucher
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Skills
Mission planning
Data analysis
Geospatial analysis
Imagery exploitation
Reporting
Aviation operations
RPAS operations
Sensor operation
Electro-optical and infrared systems
GIS
Intelligence analysis
Communication
Attention to detail
Google Workspace
Microsoft Office
Safety compliance