Infrastructure Technician

Job Title: Infrastructure Technician

Permanent Position

Job Location: Hebrides

The full benefits package includes – Contributory pension scheme, share incentive plan, private medical insurance, private dental insurance, childcare vouchers, holiday vouchers, other leisure discounts, etc.

About the role:

Our team based at MOD Hebrides Ranges requires a Supervising Infrastructure Technician. You will work as part of the Engineering Team and be responsible to the Networks and Comms Team Leader.

You will be responsible for the management of the site infrastructure including internal and external services.   This will involve planning and implementing site infrastructure improvement and maintenance projects, and the day to day leadership of the site infrastructure team taskings. You will occasionally be required to provide support to other QinetiQ sites.

What I will be doing:

• You will be a System Manager for Range Fibre and copper infrastructure.
• The Infrastructure Engineer will be leading the work with external stakeholders to manage projects such as the BT very low bandwidth service withdrawal and transition.
• You will be leading, supervising and managing compliant tasks and activities.
• The Infrastructure Engineer will ensure all planned maintenance activities are conducted safely and with adequate resources.

What do I need?

• Advanced and specialised experience in data backbone systems with considerable on the job practical experience.
• You must have experience with Fibre and copper infrastructure.

Why join us?

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, 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 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’ll receive highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what’s 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.

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. People around the world depend on us for their safety and security, and to enable the safety and security of others. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Our site is 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, we get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Come and find out how you can play a role.

To Apply

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

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