Job Description

We have a job opportunity for a Instrumentation Technician in our highly skilled Shoeburyness team. The description below summaries the role and requirement. There will be potential travel to other QinetiQ sites.

Role: Instrumentation Technician

Education: -

A good standard of education with the relevant experience.

Qualification: -

An Engineering/HNC/ONC/Electronic Apprenticeship or equivalent experience.

Training: -

On the job training will be recorded using the standard form and included within this folder along with certificates received from any formal training.

Technical Knowledge: -

It is expected that the Instrumentation Technician would have a technical knowledge of trial activities and the process for obtaining relevant accurate data.

Operate and maintain Instrumentation equipment in accordance with Instrumentation Work Instructions and manufactures handbook and Quality system.

To work as a member of an instrumentation range team, setting up equipment, gathering data and ensuring all aspects of Quality system are adhered to for the production of Customer report in accordance with the Trials Conduct Document.

Skills.

Instrumentation data gathering.

Liaising with Customers and other range section personnel.

Compiling trials data and the production of Customer reports.

Experience.

Experience of various trial activities.

Experience of maintaining Instrumentation equipment.

Knowledge of Instrumentation processes and procedures.

Competence Required.

Operation of instrumentation data gathering equipment.

Maintenance of instrumentation data gathering equipment.

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.