National AI Awards 2025Discover AI's trailblazers! Join us to celebrate innovation and nominate industry leaders.

Nominate & Attend

Overhead Line Drone Pilot

JR United Kingdom
Bathgate
3 days ago
Create job alert

Drone Pilot Position at Aureos

Aureos is seeking Drone Pilots to join our team based in Bathgate, supporting surveying projects across the UK.

As part of the Survey Team, you will be responsible for on-site data acquisition using UAV platforms, ensuring data integrity, and performing mission planning, equipment preparation, and liaising with ATC when necessary.

You will also handle data processing, management, and presentation, including photography, videography, photogrammetry, LiDAR, thermal imagery, and GNSS survey control data.

Your responsibilities include managing aircraft maintenance, software updates, flight logs, and documentation. You will ensure all equipment and personnel are prepared before mobilization, and all survey tasks are clearly understood.

Minimum Requirements

  1. HND/degree in Land Survey, Geomatics, or equivalent.
  2. PfCO GVC certificate with experience flying multirotor and fixed-wing drones in a commercial environment.
  3. Experience with laser-scanning products and data manipulation for BIM is beneficial but not essential; training will be provided.
  4. Understanding of photogrammetry principles and related software applications.
  5. Experience in preparing drone and survey-related Method Statements and Risk Assessments.
  6. Experience with flight planning, meteorology, system preparation, and airspace management in compliance with CAA regulations.
  7. Proficiency in using GPS kits, Total Stations, or Levels.
  8. Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
  9. Strong report writing and compilation skills.
  10. Excellent attention to detail, organization, and teamwork skills.
  11. Full UK driving license, as travel across the country is required.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary and benefits, working for a company that values and cares for its employees.

Equal Opportunities

Aureos is an equal opportunities employer, committed to ensuring no applicant or employee is discriminated against based on gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, or other unjustifiable conditions.


#J-18808-Ljbffr

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Overhead Line Drone Pilot

National AI Awards 2025

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

LinkedIn Profile Checklist for UAV Jobs: 10 Tweaks to Elevate Recruiter Engagement

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sector is soaring, with demand for drone operators, avionics engineers, autonomy specialists and regulatory experts skyrocketing. Recruiters scour LinkedIn for candidates experienced in flight control systems, sensor integration, FAA regulations and data analytics. A finely tuned LinkedIn profile ensures you appear in the right searches and resonates with UAV hiring teams. This step-by-step LinkedIn for UAV jobs checklist provides ten targeted tweaks to elevate recruiter engagement. Whether you’re a UAV pilot, systems engineer or AI-driven autonomy developer, these actionable optimisations will showcase your skills and maximise profile visibility.

The Ultimate Assessment-Centre Survival Guide for UAV Jobs in the UK

Assessment centres for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) positions in the UK are designed to simulate the precision, safety and teamwork required in drone operations. Through psychometric assessments, flight simulation tasks, mission-planning workshops, technical case studies and behavioural interviews, recruiters evaluate your piloting skills, technical knowledge and collaborative approach. Whether you’re aiming for roles in survey drones, delivery systems or defence applications, this guide will walk you through every stage to ensure you stand out and secure your next UAV role.

Top 10 Mistakes Candidates Make When Applying for UAV Jobs—And How to Avoid Them

Landing a UAV (drone) job in the UK is more competitive than ever. Discover the ten biggest application mistakes—plus practical fixes, expert tips and live resources that will help you move from “reject” to “invite to interview”. Introduction From Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) pilots in Scottish offshore wind farms to C++ firmware engineers in Bristol autonomous-air-taxi labs, demand for UAV talent keeps climbing. New vacancies appear daily on UAVJobs.co.uk and major job boards, yet hiring managers still reject most CVs long before interview—usually for errors that take minutes to fix. Below is the definitive list of the ten costliest mistakes we see, each paired with an actionable remedy and a live, authoritative link for deeper reading. Bookmark this checklist before you press Apply.