Aerial Survey Team Member - Leicester, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency

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Leicester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Number of jobs available- - Region- East Midlands

City/Town
Leicester, Nottingham

Building/Site

Various

Grade

Staff Grade
Post Type
Permanent

Working Pattern

Full Time

Role Type

Surveying, Geography

Salary Minimum £25,04

Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to spend extended periods of time on board a light aircraft capturing remotely sensed data using a variety of instruments. This includes the collection of LIDAR, Aerial Photography and Hyperspectral data to help the delivery of our work programmes.

You will have the opportunity to see England from the skies providing data to inform policy and decision makers across the Environment Agency and DEFRA, helping us to create a better place for people and wildlife.

Our survey aircraft capture LIDAR data on 24/7 basis when the weather conditions allow. Because of this we work flexibly both during day and night hours including weekends and bank holidays.

You will receive a 20% shift allowance on top of the advertised basic salary in reward for this working pattern.

In addition to this you will be required support in planning aerial survey tasks, manage data and complete supervised survey equipment installation.

You will liaise and work closely with our small team of expert surveyors to deliver high quality data.

The role is based at our operations office at East Midlands Airport and includes responding to flood incidents when required.

Please see our interactive hub for more information:
The team- The Aerial Survey Team is part of the Monitoring Survey Team within National Monitoring. We deliver geomatics services within the Environment Agency and the wider environmental community. We are focused on delivering the highest quality data providing a fully integrated approach to the delivery of geo-information. Combining cutting edge technology and expert personnel we work to the highest scientific and ethical standards to provide accurate and high quality GIS ready products

Experience/skills requiredMuch of the work is executed unaided or as part of a small field team so an ability to make good operational decisions and effective troubleshooting is essential.

In addition, being able to demonstrate the following skills is essential:

Health Safety and Wellbeing in a field-based environment
Technical proficiency in the use of bespoke software and hardware
Proven and adaptable ICT skills
Flexibility in working patterns
Decision making and troubleshooting unsupervised with positive outcomes

Full bespoke training will be provided by our experienced team members.
A full UK driving license is required for this role.

Contact and additional information
This role is based at East Midlands Airport working a flexible shift pattern. A full UK driving license along with your own transport is required to commute to the airport on a 24 hour basis. You are required to be based no longer than a 30 minute commute from the airport.

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents. Full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to help you with your incident role.
Please contact the Aerial Survey Team Leader Tom Simpson if you have any questions.