Job Title:  Compliance Coordinator (Estates)

Package:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID:      19349

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow – we’re creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovation, our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Compliance Coordinator (Estates) at our Boscombe Down site, where you’ll support critical Defence operations in a highly visible, office-based role.

The Role

As a Compliance Coordinator (Estates), you’ll play a key role in ensuring estates activities remain safe, compliant and well controlled. This is a stand-alone, office-based coordination role with a high level of autonomy, acting as the central point of contact for estates compliance across site(s).

You’ll be responsible for overseeing, coordinating and reporting on compliance activity, working closely with delivery teams, contractors and stakeholders to identify risks early and ensure controls, inspections and actions are tracked through to completion.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating asbestos, legionella and F-Gas compliance activities across site(s)
• Maintaining compliance registers, risk assessments, inspection schedules and training records
• Managing statutory inspection programmes and tracking follow-up actions to closure
• Producing compliance reports and escalating risks or issues where required
• Supporting audits, PSI activity and internal and external compliance reviews
• Identifying and driving improvements in compliance processes and reporting

Essential experience of the Compliance Coordinator (Estates):

• Experience working in a legislation, regulation or controlled environment
• Background in a compliance, coordination or support role within construction, property management or facilities management
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and manage your own workload
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
• Confidence communicating with a wide range of stakeholders
• Experience in a support or coordination environment, demonstrating reliability and professionalism

Desirable experience:

• Understanding of asbestos, legionella and F-Gas management requirements
• Working knowledge of key health and safety legislation such as PUWER and LOLER

We would also consider candidates who are currently in a hands-on technical or site-based role and are looking to move into a more office-based compliance or coordination position.

Essential qualifications for the Compliance Coordinator (Estates):

• Level 3 NVQ in engineering, technical or a similar field, or equivalent relevant experience

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education. If you can demonstrate the right experience, a proactive mindset and a willingness to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at Boscombe Down (BCEE). This is an onsite, office-based role, working five days per week with flexible start and finish times (earliest start 7.30am, latest finish 5.00pm).

MOD Boscombe Down is a unique operational site featuring the longest military runway in the UK. Primarily focusing on providing testing, evaluation and support services for aviation and aerospace systems. Renowned for its extensive flight testing capabilities the site plays a vital role in the UK’s aviation defence contributing to the development, testing and airworthiness of military aircraft enhancing operational readiness and effectiveness.

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 experiences 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 valued, 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 means 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)