Environmental Test Technical Specialist

Qinetiq; Shoeburyness; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Health cash plan

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Armed Forces Covenant support

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

QinetiQ is seeking an Environmental Test Technician Specialist to join our high performing team at Shoeburyness. You will lead environmental test programmes, design and execute trials, and provide technical direction while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

You will review data, generate high-quality reports and collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders. The role includes mentoring colleagues and driving continuous improvement in testing capabilities and safety performance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex engineering test programmes.
• Strong focus on compliance, safety and best practices in testing environments.
• Solid engineering background with knowledge of structural behaviour and testing principles.

Responsibilities

• Leading environmental test programmes, ensuring compliance with customer requirements, quality standards and safety legislation.
• Designing, planning and executing complex environmental trials with technical direction.
• Reviewing documentation, analysing test data, and producing reports with QA checks.
• Collaborating with customers and internal stakeholders, providing progress updates and recovery plans.
• Driving continuous improvement to testing capabilities, efficiency and safety.
• Developing and mentoring team members and promoting a strong safety culture.

Skills

Technical leadership

Compliance & safety

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Project delivery

Education

HNC/HND in engineering or science

Tools

Instrumentation hardware

Job description

The Role

As an Environmental Test Technician Specialist, there is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing team of multi-disciplinary engineers delivering critical test & evaluation of defence munitions through the application of vibration, shock, climatic & radiography test programs.

Day-to-day, you’ll work within a team of senior engineers, providing technical supervision and leadership to test programs. Assessing asset performance within the demanding environments that the systems will be subjected to throughout their operational life, simulating some of the most challenging environments in the world to ensure that the systems are ultimately safe and suitable for service.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading environmental test programmes, ensuring compliance with customer requirements, quality standards, and safety legislation
• Leading the design, planning, and execution of complex environmental trials, providing technical direction and support to team members
• Reviewing documentation, analysing test data, and producing high-quality reports with robust quality assurance checks
• Collaborating with customers and internal stakeholders, providing progress updates, solutions, and recovery plans where required
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance testing capabilities, operational efficiency, and safety performance
• Developing, training, and mentoring team members, promoting knowledge sharing, professional growth, and a strong safety culture

Essential experience of the Environmental Test Technician Specialist:

• Demonstrating technical leadership and accountability, with a proven track record of delivering complex engineering projects
• Applying a rigorous approach to compliance, safety, and best practice within test and engineering environments
• Utilising a strong engineering background, with knowledge of structural behaviour, analysis, and environmental testing principles
• Collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives and drive successful outcomes
• Using instrumentation, data analysis tools, and IT systems to support testing, reporting, and decision-making activities

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Essential qualifications for the Environmental Test Technician Specialist:

• Holding an HNC/HND (or equivalent) in an engineering or scientific discipline.

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 Shoeburyness site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.

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.

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 . 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.

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

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