Flight Operations Coordinator
- Role
- Operations
- Experience
- Mid
- Employment
- Full-time
Open to Anywhere in LATAM & South America + AT, CH, DE. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Plan and coordinate flight operations for energy, mining, and infrastructure clients across South America. You will manage daily missions, pilot coordination, regulatory compliance, and site access, ensuring timely data delivery.
Required languages
Optional languages
The role Our South American operation is expanding quickly, driven by energy, mining, and infrastructure clients across Brazil, Colombia, and the Southern Cone. Flight Operations Coordinators are the human core of RAAD's mission network: you plan capture days, coordinate pilots in the field, clear regulatory and site-access hurdles before they cost a flying day, and make sure every dataset lands on time and to spec. What you'll do Plan and dispatch daily missions across the region: pilot assignment, routing, weather windows, and client time constraints. Be the direct line for pilots in the field — resolving site access, airspace, and equipment issues in real time. Manage regulatory workflows with ANAC/DECEA in Brazil and civil aviation authorities across neighboring countries: authorizations, restricted zones, and operator documentation. Coordinate access and compliance for energy and oil & gas sites — refineries, pipelines, offshore support facilities — where permitting, safety inductions, and client HSE requirements drive the schedule. Track capture quality and turnaround, feeding operational lessons back into planning tools. What you'll bring 3+ years in flight operations, UAV operations coordination, logistics dispatch, or similar high-tempo coordination roles. Working knowledge of Brazilian drone regulation (ANAC RBAC-E No. 94, SARPAS) and an aptitude for navigating regulators across the region. Professional fluency in Portuguese and English; Spanish is a strong plus. Experience working with or around energy-sector site requirements (permits to work, HSE inductions) is highly valued.
What you'll do
- Plan and dispatch daily missions across the region: pilot assignment, routing, weather windows, and client time constraints.
- Be the direct line for pilots in the field — resolving site access, airspace, and equipment issues in real time.
- Manage regulatory workflows with ANAC/DECEA in Brazil and civil aviation authorities across neighboring countries: authorizations, restricted zones, and operator documentation.
- Coordinate access and compliance for energy and oil & gas sites — refineries, pipelines, offshore support facilities — where permitting, safety inductions, and client HSE requirements drive the schedule.
- Track capture quality and turnaround, feeding operational lessons back into planning tools.
- Coordinate daily missions across the DACH region: pilot dispatch, weather calls, site access, and delivery timelines.
- Manage regulatory compliance under EASA rules as implemented by the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) and Austrian/Swiss authorities — operational authorizations, geographical zones, and insurance documentation.
- Plan operations around energy infrastructure — grid corridors, gas storage and pipeline networks, chemical parks — where site operators impose their own strict access and safety regimes on top of aviation rules.
- Run recurring monitoring programs with clockwork reliability: same sites, tight capture specifications, and clients who notice a day's slip.
- Recruit and support pilots across the region, upholding RAAD's capture and safety standards.
What they require
- 3+ years in flight operations, UAV operations coordination, logistics dispatch, or similar high-tempo coordination roles.
- Working knowledge of Brazilian drone regulation (ANAC RBAC-E No. 94, SARPAS) and an aptitude for navigating regulators across the region.
- Experience working with or around energy-sector site requirements (permits to work, HSE inductions) is highly valued.
- 3+ years in flight/UAV operations, utility field coordination, or comparable operational roles.
- Working knowledge of the EASA UAS framework and German implementation (LBA processes, geo-zones, §21h LuftVO context).
- Experience with utility or energy-sector clients and their HSE/access processes is a strong plus.
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