Chemring Countermeasures is a world leading and innovative company, designing and developing countermeasure solutions to armed forces throughout the world. We are part of the Chemring Group of companies and have a solid global infrastructure, which also helps us to thrive.
The role
The RD&D Technical Programme Officer will be required to act as and retain competence as a Technical Programme Officer providing Product Lifecycle administration.
The responsibilities of the role include (but are not limited to):
- New Product Programme Administration
- Manage and Coordinate engineering changes to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and effective communication across all departments, including liaison with Production Engineering and Planning
- Manage progress of all RD&D Manufacturing Support Requests (MSRs) against the defined lead times
- Administer RD&D project purchases on the D365 BC system.
- Participate in the improvement and maintenance of safe working practices, within RD&D
- To support audits by the UK MoD
- To travel as required attending external tests and trials, meetings and seminars
- To liaise with other company departments around the site to ensure the effective transition of development items into volume manufacturing
- To maintain a log of activity
About you
- Right to live and work in the UK, with ability to obtain SC level clearance
- Must have continually resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years
- Degree, HND or commensurate knowledge and experience in STEM/Programme Officer/ Project Management
- Experience of working as a Programme Officer
- Previously worked within multi-functional teams
This role will be worked over a 4.5 day week; Monday to Thursday 08:00 – 16:45 and Friday 08:00 – 12:30. Flexibility in this role is critical to the success of supporting the team.
About us
Chemring Countermeasures has a culture built on our values of Safety, Excellence and Innovation. We continue our investment in the very best people to contribute to our delivery of highly reliable solutions. We are seeking individuals who are not only of the highest calibre for today’s business but have the capability to perform at even higher standards to meet the needs of tomorrow’s threats facing our armed forces.
We have more than 50 years’ experience at the forefront of Radio Frequency (RF) and Infrared (IR) expendable decoy research, design and manufacture, we operate at the leading edge of expendable countermeasure technology.
What is offered
- We actively encourage an open and collaborative culture across our site through the recognised suggestion scheme and reward and recognition scheme
- 5.5 weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- A generous pension scheme
- Share save scheme
- Holiday buying and selling scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes dietary advice, wellbeing initiatives, family matters and counselling support
- We hold annual social events
- Cultural days
- Free on-site parking
- Podiatrist
- Weekly fruit baskets
Armed forces covenant
We are proud to support the armed forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the value that Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reserves, Veterans, Uniformed Cadet Instructors and Service Families contribute to our business and the United Kingdom.
If this position is of interest, please contact our Recruitment Team with an up-to-date CV.
Please note: We do not engage with recruitment agencies. We kindly ask that you refrain from sending speculative inquiries or CVs. Should we wish to collaborate with agencies, we will initiate contact accordingly.
