Title:  Maintenance Engineer

Package:                     Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID:                       SF17734

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Maintenance Engineer at our Shoeburyness site, 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 Maintenance Engineer, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. Reporting to the engineering manager, you’ll deliver planned maintenance and repair to specialist engineering systems.

Day-to-day, you’ll be ensuring the safe operation of the equipment in accordance with company and legislative standards. Analysing system reliability, weaknesses and failures you will use your engineering expertise to provide recommended improvements / best practices to systems maximising operational availability.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Being “first responder” to equipment breakdowns, diagnosing and resolving complex issues
• Implementing the generation of a preventative maintenance strategy based on previous technical experience
• Being vigilant around the facilities and spotting issues before they cause a breakdown
• Analysing downtime data looking for trends in breakdowns, suggesting/implementing fixes to improve the availability of facilities
• In cases where equipment requires specialist maintenance, you will provide technical advice to the Engineering Manager quickly to call in a suitable support contractor

Essential experience of the Maintenance Engineer:

• You must have extensive experience in a Mechanical Maintenance role

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 37 hours per week based at Shoeburyness.

QinetiQ Shoeburyness is a significant test and evaluation facility specialising in defence and security technologies. The site is focused on Environmental Testing including the evaluation of various ordnance, explosives and related systems. Implementing measures to ensure that testing activities comply with environmental regulations and minimise ecological impact.

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 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.  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 value, 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 mean 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)