Junior Engineering Technician

Job title: Engineering Technician

Location: Winfrith

Company: QinetiQ

About the Role:

Working as part of a small team, you will be responsible for the operation and repair of electronic systems.  You should have basic understanding of electronic equipment/systems and you will also be able to fault find electrical and electronic equipment. Training and Development will be provided in role to support the successful candidate.

What will I be doing:

• Ensuring all maintenance activities are conducted safely and with adequate resources.
• Support the repair, maintenance and operation of a range of electronic equipment.
• Reporting any defect or resource issue that affects equipment availability, in good time.
• Diagnose and repair electronic equipment.

What do I need:

• Team player and excellent communication skills.
• Flexibility to support short notice trials and long working hours.
• Drive and determination to resolve problems with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work equally well alone or as part of a team.
• Engage in local multi-skill working practices.
• Good communication skills with internal/external stakeholders.

Opportunities:

• Working with and maintaining bespoke electronic systems incorporating analogue and digital data acquisition subsystems.
• Seagoing activities.
• Overseas trials.
• Prepared to work in the marine environment and on-board RN platforms.

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

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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 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 a 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, adaptive and flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more. 

About QinetiQ

As a company of over 6,000 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.

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants that already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information that mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may have an effect on the roles that you can be employed in.