Safety Support Coordinator
// Role Summary
Join QinetiQ as a Safety Support Coordinator to provide vital data analysis and administrative support to the UK Safety Director and Leadership Team, driving strategic decision-making and enhancing safety performance across UK Defence operations.
// Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic support through data analysis and reporting to senior leadership.
- Coordinate key safety operations, projects, and communications.
- Analyze safety data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Develop and present actionable insights through dashboards and reports.
- Drive continuous improvement of digital safety tools and processes.
- Requires eligibility for SC clearance.
// Role Specification
About the Role
At QinetiQ, we are shaping the future of defence technology and innovation to empower and protect lives. We are seeking a dedicated Safety Support Coordinator to join our team at any of our main UK locations.
As a Safety Support Coordinator, you will provide comprehensive operational, analytical, and administrative support to the UK Safety Director and Safety Leadership Team. This role is crucial for transforming safety data into meaningful insights that drive strategic decision-making, improve safety performance, and ensure regulatory compliance across UK Defence operations.
You will act as a central point of contact for safety activities, projects, communications, and governance, fostering a strong safety culture and enhancing performance. Collaborating closely with senior leaders, operational teams, and Group Safety colleagues, you will analyze trends, identify emerging risks, champion continuous improvement, and support the development of digital tools and more efficient working practices within the safety function.
Your Responsibilities will include:
- Provide strategic support to the Safety Leadership Team through data analysis, trend identification, evidence-based recommendations, and preparation of reports for leadership reviews, governance boards, and executive meetings.
- Coordinate key safety operations, including Safety Connect Sessions, SharePoint and Teams administration, crisis management rotas, communications, purchase orders, travel arrangements, and other safety-related projects.
- Review, validate, and analyse safety, incident, near-miss, audit, and assurance data to identify trends, emerging risks, root causes, and opportunities for improvement.
- Produce dashboards, reports, briefings, and actionable insights that support senior leaders, safety committees, risk assessments, readiness planning, and safety performance reviews.
- Manage and support incident investigations by maintaining investigation trackers, conducting trend and causal analysis, evaluating metrics, and monitoring the effectiveness of corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement of digital safety tools and reporting platforms by enhancing analytics capability, improving data quality, and identifying opportunities for automation and process optimisation.
Essential Experience:
- Strong understanding of safety performance metrics, incident causation, operational risk indicators, and safety management principles.
- Knowledge of workplace Health & Safety requirements, ISO 45001, and hazard/risk management within high-hazard defence environments.
- Proven experience analysing safety, operational, engineering, or reliability data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Proficiency in Power BI, SharePoint, Excel, Copilot, and other data visualisation and analytics tools, including the application of statistical and predictive techniques.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear dashboards, reports, and insights for senior stakeholders and diverse audiences.
- High levels of integrity, confidentiality, and compliance with information security standards, with the ability to work in secure, regulated environments and travel across UK sites as required.
Qualifications:
We value difference and welcome applications from candidates with a strong willingness to learn and the required level of experience, regardless of background or education.
Additional Information:
This role is 37 hours per week, based at any of our main UK locations, with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.
QinetiQ operates state-of-the-art facilities across the UK focused on defence, security, and technology innovation. These facilities enable extensive research, testing, and development activities supporting both military and civilian applications, contributing to national security.
Applicants must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum.
QinetiQ is committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We encourage applications from all candidates and are a disability confident committed employer. Reasonable adjustments can be requested during the recruitment process.
Many roles are subject to national security vetting. Applicants with existing vetting may be able to transfer it.