Vacancy: Oil and Gas / RPAS Aviation Auditors (any Bases)
🚀 AEROTHRIVE is announcing new auditor vacancies!📍 Location: Any Bases all around the Globe | 💼 Freelance Contract
Join the team of 130+ aviation experts in our fast-growing and profitable company with friendly colleagues and a modern leadership approach. In order to fulfill our development plan we are looking forward to further strengthening our talent pool by adding Oil and Gas aviation auditors and RPAS auditors, whereby it is not necessary that a candidate covers both segments.
About Role 1 – Oil And Gas / RPAS Auditors
You’ll support audits of fixed- and rotary-wing operators flying in support of energy, mining, and construction sectors, including offshore platforms and remote-field logistics. Our clients range from multinationals to humanitarian contractors, and audits often take place at heliports, remote bases, or operator hubs.
What You’ll Do:
- Audit compliance against IOGP aviation guidelines (Report 690/590), BARS, SARPcheck, and CAP 437
- Assess SMS maturity, helideck ops, training, base safety, and flight/tech records
- Conduct on-site or remote audits for helicopter and fixed-wing providers worldwide
- Deliver structured reports with practical findings and risk-reduction recommendations
What You Bring To The Table:
- Substantial experience in aviation safety, operations, or airworthiness
- Field background in offshore helicopter ops, charter, or energy-sector aviation
- Solid grasp of SMS, quality, compliance, auditing, risk-based safety models
- Operational background and managerial experience either in the area of flight ops or engineering
- English fluency (spoken/written); additional languages are a plus
- Audit training, certification and/ or experience (e.g. ISO, BARS, SARPcheck, IOGP)
About Role 2 – RPAS (Drone) Safety Auditors
You’ll support audits of unmanned aircraft operators across use cases such as infrastructure inspection, BVLOS cargo delivery, public safety, and humanitarian operations. Assignments may include remote UAS safety evaluations, SMS assessments, or launch-site readiness checks.
What You’ll Do:
- Audit compliance with RPAS regulations, SMS, and UAS safety programs (e.g. UIS, ASTM, CAA requirements, industry standards)
- Evaluate drone flight ops, remote pilot competencies, mission planning, and fleet oversight
- Conduct field or remote audits of RPAS service providers worldwide
- Deliver findings in concise audit reports and assist with corrective action planning structured reports with practical findings and risk-reduction recommendations
What You Bring To The Table:
- UAS/RPAS operational background (pilot, manager, inspector, integrator)
- Experience with BVLOS ops, delivery drones, or industrial UAS use cases
- Familiarity with drone audit standards (UIS, RPAS/ASTM, BARS RPAS, etc.)
- Strong understanding of RPAS-specific SMS and risk control
- English fluency required; additional languages beneficial
Why join AEROTHRIVE as a freelance auditor?
🌐 Global deployment model – projects on all continents
🛠️ Structured audit support – AEROTHRIVE is part of major audit programs and applies modern methodologies
💸 Transparent freelance terms – market rates, clear scopes and reliable on-time payment
🚀 Long-term collaboration – recurring audits, remote and field-based opportunities and the chance to grow into lead roles
🎯 A supportive, no-bullshit culture with smart and kind people
Sounds like you? How to apply:
Let’s talk. Just upload your CV including relevant certificates via our career portal https://aerothrive.com/career/ and include a short line about why one of thigh roles is appealing for you. No need for a cover letter if you don’t feel like it.
We’re keeping things simple and informal.
🤫 Who are we?
AEROTHRIVE GmbH is a global leader in delivering audits, training and consulting in the areas of safety, quality, compliance and operations to aviation clients across all continents. Our team of 100 senior aviation experts has built an excellent reputation amongst our various global customers, which include leading airlines and aviation companies from many sectors. AEROTHRIVE is the leading accredited audit company under the global SARPcheck aviation safety audit program having audited clients in Africa, America, Asia and Europe.
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