Cleaner

Job Title:    Cleaner
Location:    Boscombe Down, Salisbury 
Package:    Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
Role Type:  Full time / Permanent
Role ID:      SF17507
 
Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Cleaner at our Boscombe Down, Salisbury site where you will play a vital role in maintaining a clean and safe environment for our facility. 

The Role
As a non-agency Cleaner working directly for QinetiQ, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary, delivering a vital cleaning schedule / specification on a daily basis and responding to specific needs, as required, working at our Ministry of Defence (MoD) military aircraft testing site which hosts two operational runways.  

Day-to-day, you will: 

•    Be responsible for the cleanliness and hygiene standards across the facility.    
•    Safely use cleaning equipment and chemicals as well as disposing of waste materials and adhering to health and safety regulations to maintain a safe working environment.
•    Liaise directly with the Soft Services and Group Property function teams for repair and maintenance needs across the site.
•    Provide flexible support across various facilities within the existing team, spanning across a range of both cutting-edge and historical facilities used for test purposes. 
 
Working arrangements are full-time, based on-site at Boscombe Down, from 08:00 to 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 to 15:30 on a Friday.

Essential experience of the Cleaner:
You'll undergo full training to bring you up to speed with a working knowledge of commercial cleaning, as well as relevant health and safety.
 
•    Previous experience within cleaning or housekeeping
•    The ability to follow relevant cleaning schedules and maintain high standards of cleanliness
•    Physically fit due to the manual nature of the role
•    Good Communicator
•    Team Player with a willingness to also undertake lone working on large MoD site across multiple buildings
 
Qualifications for the Cleaner:
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 cleaning experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Please note that all applicants must hold, or be able to achieve Security Clearance as a minimum.
UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
 
Our Benefits
•    Adaptive and flexible working
•    Generous holiday allowance
•    Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance
•    Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
•    Employee discount portal
•    Holiday Trading
•    Support for the Armed Forces community
•    Payroll Giving and Volunteering

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.

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.

Application Guidance
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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