NDT Development Team Leader

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an NDT Development Team Leader where you will lead and manage a team dedicated to ensuring quality in production processes. You will engage with various stakeholders to implement improvements and support staff development. This full-time role offers a competitive salary in a flexible working environment, ideal for those passionate about engineering and quality assurance.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

Market leading contributory pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Professional Career Development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Experience in an engineering or similar NDT field.
• Understanding of NDT and Quality Inspection in Product Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the NDT Development team to meet incoming demand.
• Support NDT staff in their Continued Professional Development.
• Ensure delivery of NDT technical assessments and inspection results.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Communication

Education

HNC/HND or higher in an engineering/physics background

Job description

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NDT Development Team Leader

Location - Reading / Basingstoke

Salary: £49,480 - £68,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let Us Introduce The Role

You will lead and manage Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) resource within Production Quality, delivering to Programmes and working with numerous internal or external stakeholders within their specific area. Work as part of a cross functional team to deliver improvement through collaboration.

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

Successful Candidates Will Be Responsible For

• Lead and manage the NDT Development team in the execution of tasks to meet incoming demand.
• Support NDT staff in their Continued Professional Development.
• Plan and manage NDT team resource deployed within Product Engineering.
• Lead duties to support the Safe System of Work for NDT.
• Ensure delivery to time and quality of NDT technical assessments and inspection results using appropriate methodologies.
• Engagement with the wider team, relevant AWE stakeholders and other functions to deliver improved output.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.
  
  

Who are we looking for?

• Previous experience working in an engineering or similar NDT field.
• Understanding of NDT and Quality Inspection in the context of Product Engineering.
• HNC/HND or higher in an engineering/physics background.
• Someone who can inspire others and is a great team player.
  
  

Work Hard, Be Rewarded

We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:

• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
  
  

Next Steps

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important Things You Need To Know

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
  
  

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing, Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, and Oil and Gas

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