Job Title:  Lead Supervisor OME

Package:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID:      20196

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 Lead Supervisor OME at our West Freugh 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 Lead Supervisor OME, you will play a critical role in leading teams responsible for the safe storage, handling, processing and transportation of explosives, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and maintaining the highest standards of operational safety across our licensed explosives facilities.

Day-to-day, you'll supervise OME activities, manage explosives facilities, support operational delivery, and lead a team of OME Technicians and Apprentices across both the West Freugh and Eskmeals sites.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and supervising teams undertaking the storage, handling, processing and transportation of explosive substances and articles
• Managing licensed explosives facilities and ensuring compliance with internal frameworks and external regulatory requirements
• Maintaining stock control, auditing inventory levels and overseeing explosives accounting processes
• Conducting safety inspections, audits and compliance checks within explosives environments
• Supervising the loading, unloading, receipt, dispatch and storage of explosives and related materials
• Providing leadership, coaching and task allocation to ensure safe and effective operational delivery

Essential experience of the Lead Supervisor OME:

• Extensive experience within explosives, munitions and ordnance environments
• Strong understanding of explosives storage, processing and facility management
• Knowledge of explosives regulatory frameworks and explosives licensing requirements
• Understanding of ESTC Standard 6 or TS 2023-03 and associated maintenance requirements for explosives facilities
• Knowledge of HERO principles, electrical categories and processing regimes within explosives environments
• Experience leading, supervising and developing technical teams

Essential qualifications for the Lead Supervisor OME:

• Degree or HNC in a relevant discipline, industry-recognised equivalent qualification, or significant practical experience gained through an extensive OME career
• Evidence of working towards, or willingness to work towards, professional membership of a recognised industry body such as the Institute of Explosives Engineers
• Evidence of working towards, or willingness to attain, EngTech status

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 our West Freugh site. Frequent travel between West Freugh and Eskmeals sites will be required.

QinetiQ operates state-of-the-art facilities across the UK that focus on defence, security and technology innovation. These facilities enable QinetiQ to conduct a wide range of research, testing and development activities that support both military and civilian applications, helping to advance technology and support national security.

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

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Our Recruitment Process:

At QinetiQ we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible and welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a diverse mix of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences drives innovation and leads to better outcomes for our people, customers and communities. We encourage applications from all candidates and are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing internal_recruitment@qinetiq.com. One of our recruitment team will contact you.

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.

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 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