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Flight Operator - Cross River State, Nigeria
Zipline
Posted 4 months agoLagos, Nigeria
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Mid-Level
Category
Country Operations
Job Description
Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
As a member of Zipline’s Flight Operations team in Nigeria, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that the delivery of medical products to health facilities is done safely and on time. This will involve working with a team of flight operators to conduct regular preflight inspections, launching, and recovery of the drones (aircraft).
You'll learn how to effectively and safely handle zip components, assembling and disassembling
Launch and Recovery: You will be responsible for the safe assembly of drones in preparation for flights, perform critical checks, communicate with Zipline controllers in readiness for flight, launch and disassemble drones on return to the Distribution Center
Committed to living the Zipline values: Ownership, Transparency, Customer Obsession, Servant leadership & Continuous improvement.
Hands-On Attitude: Must enjoy hands-on work and have a high learning agility Extremely process & detail-orient
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Requirements
- OND/HND in Engineering, Computer Science/Technology, Physics, Mathematics. relevant field
- Computer literacy
- Languages: Professional Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Commitment to maintaining a safe working environment and following safety guidelines.
- Reliable and flexible to work occasional overtime and weekends as needed.
- Experience: 0-2 years of experience in engineering or a similar environment preferred.
- Hands-On Attitude: Must enjoy hands-on work and have a high learning agility
- Extremely process & detail-oriented
- Strength: Able to lift up to 23Kg objects
- Poise: Maintain a cool head under high-pressure situations
- Critical thinking
- Ability to maintain focus during extended daily flight operations
- Must be willing and able to work night shifts and weekends
- Please note: This role is on a two-year fixed-term contract.
Responsibilities
- Collaboration: Work with a team to scale drone deliveries at our distribution center.