Trials Manager

Package:  £51,300 – £57,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits Role ID:    SF20644 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 Statics Trails Manager at our Shoeburyness 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 Statics Trails Manager, lead a team of Suitably Qualified Experienced Persons and Subject Matter Experts to deliver safe, efficient and effective OME trails between QinetiQ and customers. Day-to-day, you’ll lead Trails Teams to deliver activities for our Customers and the Business across Land ranges utilising your professional knowledge, produce risk assessments and Safe Systems of Work that identify Hazards, Causes, Control Measures and mitigations for all Ordnance Munitions and Explosives activates. Your responsibilities will include: Leading a team of SQEPs and SMEs to deliver safe, efficient and effective OME trials under the Long-Term Partnering Agreement Producing comprehensive risk assessments, Safe Systems of Work and trial documentation to ensure risks are reduced to ALARP Presenting proposed Safe Systems of Work at Hazardous Activities Management Reviews and delivering clear safety briefs for trial activities Supervising trial activities to ensure compliance with approved Safe Systems of Work, engineering policies, assurance requirements and range procedures Managing changes to trial activities through appropriate HAM, Deviations and Waivers and Change Control processes Ensuring OME activities, safety distances and Weapon Danger Areas meet technical, safety, competency and customer requirements Essential experience of the Static Trails Manager:  Experience in the safe management, supervision and delivery of OME or other high-hazard activities Experience implementing Safe Systems of Work covering Safe People, Safe Places, Safe Equipment and Safe Practice Experience organising, executing and reporting on trial activities Experience developing Safe Systems of Work and producing suitable and sufficient risk assessments Good working knowledge of OME and associated hazards, with flexibility to support activities across other Land Ranges Proficiency in MS Office and Microsoft 365, with a willingness to undertake further training and continuous professional development Essential qualifications for the Static Trails Manager: Formal qualifications (civilian or military) in the handing and functioning of OME We value difference and we don’t 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.   This role is 37 hours per week based at our…