Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID: SF18092
Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting edge defence technology to ground breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Maintenance Engineer at our Portsmouth site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.
The Role
As a Maintenance Engineer, you will make a difference by providing critical support to trials, ensuring equipment reliability, and enhancing the overall efficiency of maritime systems ultimately impacting the development and deployment of advanced technologies in the defence sector.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for a variety of tasks that ensure the smooth operation of GFX equipment and support the success of trials at QinetiQ's Portsmouth site. This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Shore Integration Facility (SIF) and National Maritime Systems Centre (NMSC).
Your responsibilities will include:
* Configuring GFX equipment and Infrastructure IAW RFMS in order to meet the requirements of the Trials Programme
* Being responsible for the maintenance of all assigned GFX equipment IAW UMMS, BRs, JSPs, and OEM handouts
* Ensuring GFX is safe, maintained, available and configured for daily trials booked on RFMS
* Working collaboratively with Combat Systems Engineers, Teams and Customers to provide support, SME advice and Maintainer presence to all trials that require assistance including in situ support
* Being responsible for fault-finding, defect rectification, reconfiguration of equipment and the supporting of monthly System Operator Checks as designated by the Operations Team
* Ensuring GFX defects are managed and investigated, registering defects on RFMS, updating defects on a regular basis and keeping the Operations Team informed
Essential experience of the Maintenance Engineer:
* Experience working in a maintenance role relevant to Combat Systems
Essential qualifications for the Maintenance Engineer:
* NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or equivalent
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 per week based at Portsmouth.
Portsmouth Technology Park (PTP) is one of QinetiQ’s key facilities focusing on advanced technology development and engineering services. Dedicated to research and development ensuring that complex systems are designed, integrated and tested effectively to meet operational requirements. The facility utilises sophisticated modelling and simulation techniques to analyse and predict performance.
Why Join QinetiQ?
As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.
As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq
Our Benefits
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
* Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
* Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
* We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
* Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community
Our Recruitment Process:
We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels value, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which mean factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.
Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)