Drone Pilot: Reality Capture & Digital Delivery Pro

Jacobs; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Unlimited PPTO

Job summary

Jacobs seeks a technically focused Drone Pilot to safely transform aerial data into actionable project information. You will balance disciplined UAS operations with BIM/VDC coordination, reality capture, and data delivery across design, construction, commissioning and facility operations.

The role requires strong flight planning, data processing, and ability to work across active construction sites, with a hybrid work model in the United States.

Qualifications

• Current FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate.
• 3+ years of experience operating commercial drones in construction, engineering, surveying, industrial, infrastructure or facility environments.
• Experience developing flight plans and executing UAS operations around active construction or industrial sites.
• Working knowledge of photogrammetry, orthomosaics, 3D meshes, point clouds, digital elevation models, and volumetric data.
• Understanding of BIM/VDC coordination, design documentation, and field verification workflows.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct commercial drone flights in accordance with FAA regulations and site procedures.
• Maintain pilot credentials, aircraft registrations, pre-flight documentation, and flight logs.
• Develop repeatable flight plans and capture standards for progress documentation and turnover verification.
• Capture high-quality aerial imagery for design, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Publish deliverables to ACC, GIS platforms, or other environments.
• Ensure data is organized and traceable to location, date, flight, and coordinate system.
• Support construction progress tracking, site logistics, and 4D coordination.
• Promote safe drone operations and risk mitigation on site.

Skills

UAS operations

FAA Part 107

Flight planning

Data processing

BIM/VDC knowledge

Tools

DJI Pilot 2

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Pix4D

DroneDeploy

ReCap

Navisworks

Revit

ArcGIS

Job description

Jacobs seeks a technically focused Drone Pilot to safely transform aerial data into actionable project information. You will balance disciplined UAS operations with BIM/VDC coordination, reality capture, and data delivery across design, construction, commissioning and facility operations.

The role requires strong flight planning, data processing, and ability to work across active construction sites, with a hybrid work model in the United States.