The SDA have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Engineer or Scientist to join our Systems Assessment team at one of our secure facilities, within 25 miles of MOD Abbey Wood, Filton, Bristol. In joining SDA, you will integrate with a team of highly skilled professionals, supporting some of largest and most complex engineering programmes in defence. You will be providing technical and specialist support to the Royal Navy and a significant contribution to project/programme success.

As a specialist member of SDA, you will be responsible for delivering and co-ordinating all System Assessment activities for the project. This will involve utilising critical thinking and analysis skills in a complex environment to provide statistical assessments of system performance and effectiveness. Due to the nature of this work, working with project teams and stakeholders is critical to success. Therefore, you will be required to interface regularly with operational users and key scientific research agencies such as Dstl and AWE. The successful candidate will report to the team’s Technical Authority and will also have direct line management responsibility for three L2 Engineers and Scientists. Joining our forward thinking and progressive team, will give you a fantastic chance to form an integral part of our Engineering function.

At SDA we offer outstanding training and development opportunities, defined progression routes, and a host of other benefits including our 'Smarter Working’ policy. Training is readily available, invested in and essential to stay abreast with new technologies and you will be working in an environment that encourages this.

Please be advised that due to the nature of security, these roles are reserved for sole UK Nationals only. The successful candidate will be required to attain DV (Developed Vetting) clearance prior to joining. We operate a hybrid working environment, although given the requirements of the role the expectation is that you will attend the site a minimum four days per week.

This post is on the MOD Civilian Nuclear Post Control List (PCL) and may attract the Nuclear Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA). This is a discretionary allowance. The post being listed on the PCL does not mean that the post holder will have an automatic entitlement to receive the RRA. The NSQEP RRA is not a contractual allowance and can be amended or withdrawn without notice in line with MOD Main and Submarine Delivery Agency policy.

This post may be eligible for the NSQEP Recruitment Retention Allowance of up to £12,000 per annum. This allowance is discretionary and will be dependent on a candidate's ability to successfully demonstrate the necessary competency, qualifications, and experience to an independent panel of Subject Matter Experts.

About the role

You will use your willingness to learn to become an authority on System Assessment activities and act as an intelligent customer for the project. The responsibilities of this post will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Delivery of key operational outputs on time and to a high standard of quality
• Regular technical liaison with operational users and key scientific research agencies such as Dstl and AWE
• Delivery of complex scientific studies to support operational and capability decisions.
• Direct line management responsibility for three Engineers and Scientists
• Demonstrating a positive can-do attitude to all aspects of work, with the adaptability and versatility to act as a catalyst for change
• Contributing to the wider professionalism through a commitment to self-learning and supporting your team’s learning and development
• Supporting an open, honest, no blame culture, actively highlighting failures and shortfalls and learning from experience

Please note, the working condition for this role is situated in an underground facility. Therefore, for health & safety reasons, the postholder must be physically capable of climbing thirteen flights of stairs in the event of an emergency.

Person specification:

To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Member of a relevant Professional Engineering / Science Institute or equivalent body
• Relevant Level 4 (HNC or higher) qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience of providing technical advice and leading the delivery of successful engineering/scientific outcomes
• Wide ranging depth and breadth of technical experience in your own specialism with knowledge and application of analytical approaches

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competencies and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• EFCF 2 Application of Analytical Techniques - Practitioner
• EFCF 4 Technical Decision-Making - Practitioner
• Communicating and Influencing CSBC3
• Leadership CSBC3

Benefits
We're pleased to offer a generous benefits package to support everything from your work-life balance to your bank balance, including:

• 25 days’ holiday a year, plus 1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
• A market-leading employer pension contribution of around 27 percent, an annual performance-based bonus, and recognition awards
• Flexible and hybrid working wherever possible, to support your work-life balance (though some attendance to the stated site is required)
• Access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications, with plenty of opportunities and support for progression
• A huge range of discounts including retail, sports, leisure, restaurants, gifts, days out, holidays, cinema, motoring, insurance, health care, gym memberships, and more
• Up to six days of paid leave a year for volunteering
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave schemes, offering 100% pay for 26 weeks (after a qualifying period)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £43,400.00-£47,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bristol, BS34 8JH

Reference ID: ORC937

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