Team Lead

**Job Title**: Team Lead - Explosives Compliance and Assurance

**Location**: Can be based from any QinetiQ site

**Package**: Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

**Role Type**: Full time

**Role ID**: SF16451

The Team Lead - OME Compliance and Assurance is responsible for the maintenance strategy of all UKD explosives & firearms facilities and the licencing strategy IOT enable safe, efficient and legally compliant operations. The strategy is to include liaison with key stakeholders within the domain, encompassing both current and future business requirements in line with QinetiQ’s growth and business winning ambitions. The Team Lead will develop and lead the 1st line assurance programme within the OME & Firearms discipline. In addition, the role will provide expert technical support on investment projects and remediation plans in line with OF instructions, Explosive Regulations 2014 and Firearms Act 1968.

**The role**:
The Team Lead will occasionally be required to investigate technical safety incidents, OME performance failures or trending concerns, drafting reports to include recommended actions or novel solutions to address the root causes as required.

**Day-to-day, you will be**:
Ensuring all explosives and firearms facilities are compliant with Explosives Regulations 2014, Firearms Act 1968 and OF instructions.

Developing and lead the implementation of the explosives licencing strategy.

Developing and lead the 1st Line Assurance programme across all relevant QQ sites.

The role will liaise with Property Operations to develop and roll out an effective facility maintenance strategy IOT meet regulatory, operational and safety requirements.

Developing and co-ordinate the OME and Firearms stockpile management strategy IOT ensure QinetiQ is effectively managing risk.

Provision of expert advice to relevant UK Defence Investment Projects & IDTs.

**Essential experience of the Team Lead**:
The role requires expert technical experience of the explosives and firearms discipline.

The role requires expert knowledge of the appropriate regulatory frameworks.

**Qualifications for the Team Lead**:
We value difference and we do not 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.

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

Our Benefits

Access to an end of year Bonus.

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance

Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance

**Employee discount portal**: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more

Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant

Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community

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

About QinetiQ

As a company of over six thousand 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