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Technician at QinetiQ
London, United Kingdom


Job Descrption

Job Title:                     Technician

Location:                     Hebrides Range, South Uist. Scotland

Package:                     Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF14469

 

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as an Engineering Technician at our Hebrides Range in South Uist where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

 

The role

 

As a Technician, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary, you will be responsible for the preparation, maintenance and operation of the Banshee Jet80, Propeller Banshee and Firejet aerial target systems.

 

Day-to-day, in addition to preparing the targets you will also be required to maintain and operate their complex launcher systems and also set up and maintain all of their associated radio control equipment.

  • Build, functional test, repair and disassembly of aerial targets and associated payloads, in accordance with operator manuals and service bulletins.
  • Problem solving and fault diagnosis on targets and launchers including complex electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
  • Handling and preparing pyrotechnics.
  • Conducting target retrieval from recovery areas.
  • Engine ground running.
  • Maintenance of all Ground Support Equipment where specified.
  • Use of specialist towing and lifting equipment for target movement.

Working in a small team you must be proactive and self-motivated to work unsupervised when required.

 

Essential experience of the Technician

 

  • You should have some sort of Technician / Engineering experience. 

 

Qualifications for the Technician

 

We value difference and we do not 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.


Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

 

Our Benefits

 

  • Access to an end of year Bonus.
  • 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 honouring the Armed Forces Covenant
  • Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community

 

Why Join QinetiQ?


As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there has never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation, courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

 

You will 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 an diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture here.


Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence-based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits. You will receive highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what is happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more.


About QinetiQ

 

As a company of over six thousand 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. Collaborating 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.

 

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