About the job

Job summary

Do you have excellent attention to detail and a desire to drive improvement? Do you want to make a difference in Defence?

What we do?

Are you a meticulous and safety focused individual with a passion for ensuring equipment compliance and workplace safety? Then come join our team as a Chief Technical Examiner and play a crucial part in maintaining operational output.

The Inspectorate of Engineering Resources (IER) team are responsible for the provision of the technical examination services on the Armed Forces, Royal Engineer infrastructure equipment across mainland UK and overseas locations.

Engineering is an integral part of our business focusing on inspecting, testing, and evaluating mechanical systems, equipment, and components that are subject to specialist technical inspection standards beyond the role of the equipment user. We are constantly looking for ways to improve processes, techniques, and ways of promoting good practise.

Our Headquarters is located in Aldershot with satellite sites positioned across the UK in Dishforth, Ashchurch and Minley. We have an existing vacancy located at our Dishforth site. However, due to the nature of the role and opportunities for remote working candidates should not be discouraged by location.

Our people

We are passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a phenomenal place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to thrive, bringing greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.

Valuing our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity, religion and disability means that our colleagues have a voice and are supported to be their authentic selves.

Interested? Apply Today.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. 

Job description

We are seeking someone who holds an NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering qualification, ideally with experience of Non Destructive Testing (NDT) through the use of; Ultrasonic Testing, Magnetic Particle, Dye Penetrant and Visual Inspections whilst using a wide and varied range of precision measuring equipment in accordance with relevant Army’s policies and procedures. These are a well refined and user-friendly documents that provide an expert guide to inspection standards. Therefore, as an examiner you will be contributing substantially to sustaining the Army’s combat capability. However, this can be developed with training provided free of charge.

This role is Full Time and successful candidates will be assigned a permanent duty station which will be agreed. However, day to day work will require you to co-ordinate, supervise and manage the inspectors within the team with the delivery of inspections at Units in the UK, mainland Europe and other overseas locations. At times and due to working locations the travel will require periodic nights out of bed away from the permanent duty station. Additionally, with a regular requirement to travel to locations with limited public transport links, the successful candidate will therefore ideally hold a Full UK driver’s licence.

Candidates must be able to work under their own supervision and provide technical guidance and support to team members. You will be happy to work as part of a close-knit team or work independently to prepare excellent quality reports and meet deadlines to deliver our high standard of service. Activities can be physically demanding, including outdoor working in adverse weather conditions.

Travel expenses are covered by us, including accommodation and meals. When required to inspect overseas, which may involve some weekend travel, you will qualify for Travel Time allowances.

Person specification

Essential Skills:

• NVQ Level 3 in a Mechanical Engineering discipline.
• Registered or expected to achieve registration with the Engineering Council as an Engineering Technician (EngTech).

Desirable skills:

• Certified in Level 2 Non-Destructive Testing Methods.
• Experience in engineering systems is desirable, however on the job training will also be provided.
• Skilled at using Microsoft products (Excel and Word) and generally proficient with I.T. Tools with the ability to learn new systems with ease.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team, supporting others and giving/taking direction.
• Highly organised, capable of planning and carrying out tasks to achieve deadlines.
• Able to self-manage workload.

 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Ability and Experience.

Desirable – Engineering/Inspection based experience.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.  

Personal Statement – Maximum characters for this must be 500.

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:  

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk . 

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.  

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. 

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.