Trials Conducting Officer

About the job

Job Title: Trials Conducting Officer
Location: Hebrides Ranges, Benbecula
Package: Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
Role Type: Full-time / Permanent
Role ID: SF15626

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Trials Conducting Officer at our Hebrides Ranges where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safe and effective execution of trials.

The Role

As a Trials Conducting Officer (TCO), you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary, working with a range of incredibly exciting and varied trials for the Ministry of Defence. You'll be working with air and land targets for defence test and evaluation capability, reporting into the Operations Conductor and be responsible for the safe conduct of trials.

Day-to-Day, you'll:

• Safely conduct trials, adhering to Trial Conduct Documents, Site Operations Procedures (SOP's), and safety procedures.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with safety requirements during trials, including the ability to halt activities if safety concerns arise.
• Maintain essential documentation, including the Test and Evaluation Resrearch and Proof using the Ranges Log.

Working arrangements are full-time onsite at Benbecula during trial days, typically 08:30 to 17:00. With flexibility to hybrid working outside of trials.

Essential Experience of the Trials Conduct Officer

We welcome candidates with a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences.

• Strength of Character and stakeholder engagement
• Strong commitment to safety and the ability to make quick safety-related decisions
• A technical background in a related field such as engineering or electronic instrumentation

Essential Qualifications of the Trials Conduct Officer

• An awareness of safety considerations (open to a range of backgrounds)
• A willingness to undergo training with hands-on and course-based learning
• A relevant level of study, ideally within a technical background (consideration to NVQ, apprentice or graduate)

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum. Please visit the 'National Security Vetting: Clearance Levels GOV.UK' webpage for further information on Security Vetting.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution Pension Scheme, with Life Assurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets, and much more
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5-days' additional leave
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honoring the Armed Forces Covenant
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local communities

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.

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.

About QinetiQ
As a company of thousands of dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Security
Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information, which mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may affect the roles that you can be employed in.