Qinetiq | Instructor

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Fixed Wing Chief Flying Instructor and Crew Lead at our Bosombe Down site where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge aviation platforms and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

The role
As the Fixed Wing Chief Flying Instructor and Crew Lead for the next cohort of QinetiQ’s Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS) and Approved Training Organisation (ATO), you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career within a role that is out of the ordinary.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead as the head of our ETPS and ATO training course for instructional standards; providing high- level mentorship and guidance across the bespoke QinetiQ training requirements.

• Have creative control to deliver and modernise the ETPS ATO course syllabus, challenging cohorts and acting as Head of training for instructional standards
• Lead in continuous improvement in an incredibly dynamic environment that encourages development
• Be involved in all aspects of simulation training, supervising instructors, challenging and supporting the ETPS cohort in all areas of student mentorship
• Work with the QCFO management to allocate the fixed – wing aircrew for a range of tasks internally and externally
• Take ownership of the course, providing remedial training packages, manage student progress and mentor flight safety.

This is a full-time, permanent opportunity working onsite at MOD Boscombe Down, with adaptive working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Fixed Wing Chief Flying Instructor and Crew Lead

• Proven relevant teaching experience
• Knowledge and experience of civilian flight test and training requirements
• Experience piloting fixed wing aircraft
• Demonstrated flight Instructor for either civilian or military fixed wing aircraft (military qualified flight instructor experience highly desirable)
• Demonstrable leadership and stakeholder engagement
• Proven knowledge and ability to implement QCFO flight safety

Qualifications for the Fixed Wing Chief Flying Instructor and Crew Lead

• Part FCL Commercial Pilot’s Licence (CPL)
• Cat 1 Flight Test Rating and Flight test Instructor Certificate
• CAA Class One Medical
• Relevant engineering or science degree
• Instrument Rating (IR)

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

Our Benefits

• Adaptive and flexible working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave.
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant.
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community.

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.