NTR Operations Technician

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: £23280-30000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is currently recruiting for a NTR Operations Technician within the NTR Operational Support Team.

This team maintain and provide the various assets used by the offsite response - equipment, detectors, sources, vehicles, secure communications and the responders.

The offsite response will deploy to live incidents and work with partner agencies to resolve emergency situations or support investigations. Our prompt and effective contribution is critical to public safety, protection of property and national security. This team also support training and exercises.

This particular role sits within the Responder Management Team which forms part of the Operational Support Team.

Who are we looking for?

This role is ideally suited to someone who has managed staff who perform secondary roles.

We do need you to have the following:

• Proven organisational skills to actively manage schedules to meet demand
• An ability to adapt to short notice changes

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience of:

• Improvement activities
• Delivery to time, cost and quality
• Maintaining and promoting high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player
• Influencing or achieving modernisation
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to communicate well - both written and verbal

You'll need to have the ability to:

• Work in the Responder Management Team completing work allocated by the Task Manager
• Demonstrate and promoting high standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality
• Support delivery to meet customer requirements
• Identify and report to the local accountability board (Visual Management Boards)
• Work alone or as part of a team, and being a great team player

This role will require travel around the UK and occasionally abroad.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.

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