Calibration Technician

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Package: £34,200 - £38,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role : SF20736

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 Calibration Technician at our Haslar, Gosport site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

As a Calibration Technician, you will play a key role in supporting the operation of QinetiQ's Diving and Hyperbaric Test Centre and hydrodynamic test facilities king within a unique test environment, you will help maintain world-class facilities that support critical customer programmes, research activities and defence capabilities.

Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for the calibration of pressure gauges, sensors and test instrumentation, supporting facility maintenance activities and contributing to the safe and effective delivery of hyperbaric and hydrodynamic test programmes. You'll work closely with facility managers, operators and instrumentation specialists to ensure equipment, facilities and testing activities are conducted safely and to the highest standards.

• Managing the calibration of digital and analogue pressure gauges, sensors and test instrumentation in accordance with required standards and specifications
• Maintaining and managing the calibration laboratory, including equipment upkeep, documentation and calibration records
• Undertaking routine and reactive electrical maintenance across hyperbaric and hydrodynamic test facilities
• Supporting the safe operation and delivery of test programmes across the Haslar facilities
• Conducting facility inspections, safety checks and ensuring equipment compliance with relevant legislation and standards
• Supporting facility improvement, maintenance and development activities to sustain a world-class test capability

• Experience working with electrical or electronic systems
• Experience calibrating gauges, sensors or similar instrumentation
• Experience supporting facility operations, maintenance or technical test environments
• Good understanding of safe working practices and the operation of technical equipment

• Apprenticeship, NVQ, HNC or equivalent qualification in an electrical or electronic discipline

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 based at our Haslar, Gosport site.

Our facilities at the Haslar Marine Technology Park are state-of-the-art, including our ocean basin rotating arm, and marine towing tank, offering an unparalleled environment for testing and refining designs. Our marine technology offers our global customers a service to deliver constrained hydrodynamic model tests of surface ships, submarines, offshore structures, and renewable energy devices

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

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…