// Role Summary
Join QinetiQ as a Manufacturing Technician in Gosport, working with cutting-edge defence technology to build high-quality hydrodynamic engineering models and propulsion solutions.
// Key Responsibilities
- Manufacture, assemble, and finish advanced engineering models and prototypes.
- Work with diverse materials including composites, metals, polymers, and timber.
- Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary engineering and manufacturing environment.
- Adhere to demanding quality, dimensional, and schedule requirements.
- Safely operate hand tools, power tools, and workshop machinery.
- Requires eligibility for SC security clearance.
// Role Specification
Manufacturing Technician
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 Manufacturing Technician at our Gosport 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 Manufacturing Technician, you will support the manufacture, assembly, and finishing of high-quality hydrodynamic engineering models and propulsion solutions, tooling, prototypes, research models, and test articles using a range of composite, metallic, polymeric, and timber-based materials.
Day-to-day, you’ll work within a multi-disciplinary engineering and manufacturing environment. You will contribute to the delivery of customer programmes through safe, efficient, and high-quality manufacturing activities, supporting the production of bespoke and low-volume products to demanding quality, dimensional, and schedule requirements.
You will work closely with engineers, designers, and technical specialists to manufacture components and assemblies in accordance with engineering drawings, specifications, and manufacturing instructions.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Manufacturing, assembling, and finishing composite and non-composite components in accordance with engineering drawings and work instructions.
- Supporting production of research models, prototypes, tooling, and test articles to defined quality and dimensional requirements (includes hydrodynamic models).
- Working with a range of materials including Glass fibre composites (GRP), Carbon fibre composites, Timber and engineered woods, Plastics and polymers, and Metals.
- Safely using hand tools, power tools, and workshop machinery.
- Preparing materials, moulds, tooling, and equipment for manufacture.
- Carrying out dimensional inspection and verification activities using standard measuring equipment.
Essential Experience:
- Practical manufacturing experience within a workshop, engineering, or production environment.
- Working with composite materials and associated manufacturing processes.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, manufacturing instructions, and technical documentation.
- Using hand tools, power tools, and workshop machinery safely and effectively.
- Attention to detail and ability to work to defined tolerances and quality standards.
- Experience within marine, aerospace, defence, automotive, or research and development environments (desirable).
Essential Qualifications:
One or more of:
- Advanced Apprenticeship in a manufacturing, engineering, or technical discipline.
- NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Manufacture or equivalent.
- Level 3 Engineering qualification or equivalent practical experience.
- Relevant trade apprenticeship.
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.
Location and Hours
This role is 37 hours per week based at our Gosport site.
Our Facilities at Haslar
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.
Security Clearance
Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
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.
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.