Explosives Supervisor

3 weeks ago


Isle of South Uist, United Kingdom QinetiQ Full time

The Role


Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as an Explosives Supervisor to manage Ordinance, Munitions and Explosive Estates Licences and supervise related tasks, including the safe storage, handling, processing and transportation of Explosives Substances and Articles as well as conducting various trials. This person will responsible for the operational delivery of the OME project tasks at our South Uist site.

Day to day, you'll:

Conduct safety checks/inspections on explosives facilities Supervise explosives safety within own area of responsibility Provide leadership within own area of responsibility including the allocation of tasks and the checking of work done by own team Have full supervisory responsibility, ensuring that team members are motivated and capable of delivering a professional service and a high-level of performance Manage equipment in an explosives environment

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week with an expectation that the role holder will travel frequently between South Uist and our Butec site as required.

Experience of the Explosives Supervisor:

Deep OME Technical background Detailed knowledge of ER14/DSA 03 and safe systems to work Experienced in Licenced Explosives Facility Management Demonstrable experience across a variety of explosives related projects

 
Qualifications of the Explosives Supervisor: 

Familiar with Explosives Storage and Transport Committee (ESTC) leaflet 6. A current ADR Licence would be an advantage

 

Our Benefits

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.

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those, which help the defence community.