Senior OME Supervisor

Package: £41,400 - £46,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20866

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Senior OME Supervisor at our Aberporth site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role

As a Senior OME Supervisor, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safe, compliant and efficient management of munitions and explosives activities at Aberporth, supporting vital defence trials and range operations.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead and oversee munitions and explosives activities at Aberporth, managing the safe storage, transportation, issue and receipt of OME while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and procedures. You’ll coordinate inloads and outloads, manage dangerous goods documentation, oversee permit-to-work and contractor activities, and act as Ground Safety Officer supporting live firing trials and missile loading operations across the range.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead and supervise OME operations at Aberporth, overseeing the safe storage, transportation, receipt, issue and accounting of munitions, explosives and dangerous goods
• Ensure compliance with explosives legislation and safety standards, maintaining safe systems of work, conducting risk assessments and supporting audits and inspections across licensed facilities
• Act as a technical authority for explosives safety, providing advice on hazard identification, risk management, permit-to-work systems and regulatory requirements
• Support operational trials and firing activities, undertaking Ground Safety Officer duties, overseeing missile loading operations and coordinating contractor activities to ensure safe project delivery
• Lead, coach and develop the local OME team, promoting a strong safety culture, driving continuous improvement and ensuring high standards of performance and accountability

Essential experience of the Senior OME Supervisor

• Extensive experience in the handling, storage, processing and accounting of ordnance, munitions and explosives within a regulated environment
• Strong knowledge of explosives safety legislation, licensing requirements and safe systems of work
• Proven experience conducting audits, inspections and risk assessments within high-hazard environments
• Detailed understanding of ER2014 regulations
• Experience leading and supervising teams while coaching and mentoring others
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to provide technical explosives safety advice and guidance

Essential qualifications for the Senior OME Supervisor

• Recognised qualification in explosives, munitions or ammunition management
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC)

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Aberporth site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week

• Occasional travel between Aberporth and other QinetiQ sites in support of projects
• Working hours are Monday to Thursday 8:00am to 4:30pm and Friday 8:00am to 1:00pm

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

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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 [email protected]. 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. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

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