Title:  Contractor Coordinator

Package:        Competitive Salary + Benefits 

Role ID:          SF17710

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Contractor Coordinator at our MoD BUTEC site in Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, 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 Contractor Coordinator, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for leading and coordinating the effective management of contractors and control of work activities on site. This will be in accordance to all H&S policies specifically the Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations; including induction, permit raising, and works monitoring.

Day-to-day, you will ensure all contractors are inducted bringing attention to the rules, safety procedures, hazards, and emergency protocols on site. In addition, you’ll check and maintain competency records before undertaking work and ensure that the induction log is updated as well as deliver a weekly plan of sub-contracted work activities for the Delivery Leads.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring correct issuing of permits to proceed for contractors and notify the relevant owner of the task (Delivery Lead/PM/POM) that contractors have attended in accordance with the plan
• Monitoring regularly the health and safety performance of contractors and that the in-house labour is using the work monitoring process, then decide the frequency of work monitoring required
• Communicating proposed work to necessary stakeholders, ensuring that any work does not conflict with trials or activities
• Cleaning of offices, accommodation rooms, conference rooms, workshops, kitchens, toilets/showers, windows, signage, and other general areas across site
• Safely using and managing cleaning materials, equipment/tools, substances, and areas; ensuring appropriate storage and signage are applied as necessary
• Collection of waste items from across the site and disposal in the correct receptacles; including kitchen & dry waste recycling bins, weighing and recording for audit purposes

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week and based at our MoD BUTEC site in Kyle of Lochalsh. You will also be required to travel to our site in Applecross to support as and when required.

Essential experience of the Contractor Coordinator:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and commitment to delivering excellent customer service
• Self-starter with the ability to work without supervision and the ability to interpret and work within procedures
• Knowledge of the CDM Regulations
• Demonstrable experience with Microsoft Office and other IT applications
• Willingness to learn new skills and processes and guide and train others
• A commitment to continuous improvement both personal and process

Essential qualifications of the Contractor Coordinator:

• Level 3 NVQ in engineering or technical (or similar field) OR provide evidence of recent relevant administrative experience in a similar role 

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

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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.

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• 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 of additional leave.
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant.
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and the local community.

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.