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Administrator

Clearance Level
SC
Salary Range
£24,975 - 27,750
Employment Type
FULL TIME
Work Style
onsite

// Role Summary

Join QinetiQ as an Administrator in Benbecula, supporting cutting-edge defence technology operations. This role offers a chance to work with brilliant minds and contribute to empowering and protecting lives.

// Key Responsibilities

  • Provide crucial helpdesk and administrative support for maintenance work orders.
  • Process requests, build work orders, and manage associated documentation.
  • Communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
  • Work independently within established procedures and demonstrate strong organizational skills.
  • Opportunity to work with advanced defence technology.
  • Requires eligibility for SC clearance as a minimum.

// Role Specification

Administrator - Benbecula

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 an Administrator at our Benbecula 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 the Administrator, you will be a member of the UK Estates Delivery team where you will provide support delivering planned or requested activities which will depend on the requirements of the individual task in order to effectively deliver high-quality property operations services to our customers and colleagues alike.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Provide helpdesk support, processing work requests received through the Maintenance Management System (MMS), currently SAP.
  • Build valid work orders from MMS notifications, assigning them to an appropriate person.
  • Administer maintenance work orders.
  • Respond to customer enquiries by telephone or email, updating MMS with progress on outstanding work orders.
  • File and archive all works orders and associated paperwork/process documentation, ensuring all work orders are closed correctly within company policy guidelines with any contractor Statutory certification attached.

Essential Experience:

  • Ability to communicate confidently with a range of people.
  • Ability to work within procedures with limited supervision and guidance.
  • Good organisational skills with the ability to multi-task.

Desirable Qualifications:

  • Attainment of a Level 3 NVQ in Business Administration (or similar field) OR evidence of recent relevant administrative experience in a similar role.
  • Demonstrable working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other IT applications.

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 and is based out of our Benbecula facility in the Hebrides. This is a full-time onsite position, but with flexibility of hours given.

About Benbecula:

The MOD Hebrides Range is operated by QinetiQ on behalf of the Ministry of Defence under the terms of the Long Term Partnering Agreement (LTPA) contract. The Missile Testing Range was built by the Royal Air Force between 1957 and 1958 to launch the Corporal Missile, Britain and America's first guided Nuclear Weapon. Today, it consists of a Deep Range for complex weapons trials and in-service firings, and an Inner Range for ground-based air defence campaigns.

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