Senior Explosives / Explosives Engineer

We’re looking for a self-motivated, hardworking explosives engineers to support our role in the maintaining, storing and processing of explosive substances and articles in support of the UK military and other customers.  Working as a valued member of the Special Projects Group you will apply your explosives knowledge practically to provide applied technical advice to government departments.    
You will be joining a team that has a broad range of skills including munition inspection and repair, disassembly and trials preparation, dynamic weapons firing and logistic disposal of surplus stocks.  
Your role will include short term overseas visits in support of UK Military elements.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

We particularly welcome female and ethnic minority applicants and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.

In this role you will:
•    Carry out ammunition processing and disassembly in order to inform and support customer projects. 
•    Prepare reports and presentations that are impactful and appropriate to the audience, so that the research conducted is exploited for the maximum benefit to defence.
•    Interpret customer requirements and design studies to meet those requirements through the application of specialist scientific skills.

Leadership – Senior Explosives Engineer – Dstl Level 6

As a leader in Defence you will help shape, role model and bring to life the ‘One Defence’ mindset that will enable us to deliver our vision and strategic objectives. Your leadership style must be inspiring, confident and empowering. Working at every level of our organisation to break down silos, unite teams and create a culture that is trusting, collaborative, innovative, diverse and inclusive. Enabling us to deliver with pace and agility through the skills, commitment and empowerment of our employees and military colleagues.

We are looking for someone who has:
•    A Masters or relevant equivalent experience in explosive processing, storage and logistic disposal.
•    A working knowledge of explosives legislation and regulations.
•    A competence in the use of hand and power tools – especially in an explosive environment.
•    Experience in instructing and presenting as well as mentoring junior members of the team.
•    Proactive approach to explosive safety.
•    Good verbal communication skills, able to convey messages to specialists and non-technical customers.
•    Patience and a keen eye for detail.
•    Good problem solving skills. 
•    A methodical approach to their work, able to prioritise and re-focus where required.

Important Information

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership

Benefits 

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme. 

• Flexible working: Working options include alternative working patterns, compressed hours, job shares and annualised hours

• Flexible working hours: Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month. 

• Annual leave: A generous annual leave allowance starting at 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.

• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Learning and Development: Encouragement and support on charterships, accreditations and access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Paid memberships with 2 relevant bodies/institutions. Employees have access to Civil Service Learning.

• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

The information pack can be found attached to the job specification on Civil Service Jobs. 

Diversity 

We have a number of support networks to ensure all employees feel supported at work. These include the following:

• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Network

• Race, Faith and Culture Network

• Parents and Carer Support Network

• Alternative Working Network

• Gender Equality Network

• New Starters Network

• Enabled Network, for people with visible and non-visible disabilities.

For further information about Dstl please check out our LinkedIn page

This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.

Job contact :

• Name : Dstl Recruitment Team
• Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk