Description
Challenges:
- Rapidly assimilating information and gaining a good understanding of the problems and issues associated with new tasks
- Supporting the delivery of solutions to meet different customers' requirements.
- Working within a geographically dispersed team
- Have an appreciation of the regulatory authority policy boundaries, working towards offering advice and guidance to other QinetiQ business areas and customers alike.
- Develop new and nurture existing business relationships both internally and externally.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Ensure that work tasks are delivered to the specified time, cost, required quality standards and any other specifications given.
- Support the development of solutions to problems that are defensible, auditable and which will meet customers' expectations and needs
- Support time estimates for inputs to bids;
- Work collaboratively with Project Managers and Capability Managers to meet the customers' needs
- Ensure that all work performed is consistent with QinetiQ Compliancy Procedures
- Develop and maintain effective technical networks with customers.
- Support other activities where skills and experience is considered appropriate.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
- Analytical and logical thinking skills consistent with those associated with the successful completion of a degree in mathematics, science or technology; also the job holder must have conceptual flexibility and be able to think in an integrated/holistic/systematic manner.
- Good judgement for reliably identifying opportunities and risks, and also for supporting the identification of an appropriate solution from a range of options.
- Good questioning, listening, influencing and general interpersonal skills to obtain relevant and accurate information from others.
- Good oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
- A collaborative willingness to help influence/persuade others to align to a particular course of action.
- Good team working and collaboration skills.
- Knowledge of the regulatory authority organisations.
Successful outcomes of this role:
- Provision of verbal and written technical advice to the Customer as tasked by Project Managers and Capability Managers.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Engineering degree or equivalent.
Desired Characteristics:
- Chartered status
- Masters' Degree in Safety and/or environmental management related discipline