Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing team of multi-disciplinary engineers delivering critical test & evaluation of defence munitions through the application of vibration, shock, climatic & radiography test programs. You will be an integral part of the team at the Environmental Test Centre (ETC) at MOD Shoeburyness. You will work within a team of senior engineers, providing technical supervision and leadership to test programs. Assessing asset performance within the demanding environments that the systems will be subjected to throughout their operational life, simulating some of the most challenging environments in the world to ensure that the systems are ultimately safe and suitable for service.

The Environmental Test Centre is an expanding world class test facility. This is a challenging, exciting and important role that would offer the chance to work in world leading technical facilities delivering vital services to UK Defence and beyond.

Accountabilities

• Carryout documentation reviews, data processing, reporting and conduct quality checks on work produced against customer specifications and QinetiQ’s standards before issue.
• Support the Trials Team Leads in the management and development of the capability at the Environmental Test Centre as required.
• Work with the team to design trials in accordance with customer requirements.
• Actively seek out and capitalise on opportunities for continued improvement in the operations at ETC.
• To lead complex trials including the direction of others, associated with conducting environmental testing of test assets, and all supporting activities.
• Take responsibilities for adherence to and generation of working procedures for you and trials team, ensuring compliance with all safety legislation associated with the activities.
• Report progress to the planning office and provide solutions to enable the generation of recovery plans where required and attend customer progress meetings.
• Develop and deliver internal training programmes and provide supervision and direction of other team members as required during day to day activities.  This should include taking ownership of issues and driving for a resolution calling upon support from more senior members when necessary.
• Proactively provide training and supervision to develop other team members across a range of facilities and identifying opportunities for training.
• Pro-actively support and contribute to safety culture and undertake assigned activities to maintain and uphold safety standards.

Essential

• Rigorous approach to compliance and safe working in the test facilities.
• Have an engineering background with an understanding of structures and analysis.
• Knowledge and experience of environmental test engineering.
• Ability to encourage collaboration between team members and activities.
• IT competence.
• HNC / HND in a relevant engineering or science subject or equivalent.
• Must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum.
• UK Driving Licence.
• Has held a position of technical responsibility, with demonstrable delivery and technical leadership.

Desirable

• IOSH Managing Safely.
• Demonstrable practical experience of identifying, fault finding and fixing electrical, HVAC and/or mechanical systems a benefit.

Good understanding of instrumentation and data analysis