Title:  Laboratory Manager

Package:  Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID:    SF18115

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 Laboratory Manager at our Gosport 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 Laboratory Manager, You will work part-time and will provide support in delivering planned or requested activities at the Haslar Power Sources facility in Gosport.

Day-to-day, you’ll run the facility to ensure safety and availability for the Power Sources delivery team.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Creating and maintaining a safe working environment, ensuring compliance with H&S, Security, Accreditation, and Audit requirements
• Maintaining access control lists, updating Facility Induction Packs, ensuring timely maintenance, calibration, and PAT testing of equipment
• Maintaining Security Accreditation Documentation, managing asset control, and overseeing hardware such as tools and test equipment
• Working with engineering staff to manage research, test and evaluation equipment across laboratories
• Ensuring facilities are equipped with specialist protective equipment

Essential Experience for the Laboratory Manager:

• You must have Facility/Laboratory Management experience (not property management) 
• You must have good knowledge of Health & Safety, Governance and Security

Essential qualifications for the Laboratory Manager:

• You must have attained College level qualification within an engineering/technical/business/vocational field (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 18.5 hours per week based at Gosport. Set working times are flexible based on your requirements. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract

Our facilities at the Haslar Marine Technology Park are state-of-the-art, including our ocean basin rotating arm, and marine towing tank, offering an unparalleled environment for testing and refining designs. Our marine technology offers our global customers a service to deliver constrained hydrodynamic model tests of surface ships, submarines, offshore structures, and renewable energy devices.
 

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 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)