Charge Engineer 12 month contract initially £27.22ph umbrella Charge Engineer operating as part of a multi-disciplined propelling charge development team involved in the development, design and manufacture of charges for a number of new munitions products and maintaining performance of legacy products. Core duties ? Design, development, test and evaluation activities of new and legacy propelling charges ? Conducting and managing trials in a safe and suitable manner, from the trials planning stage to completion of the trial and presentation of the data ? Development and use safe systems of working for Engineering tasks ? Interface with suppliers, both internal and external, to ensure that development activities are completed to time and schedule ? Development of quality systems ? Contribution to the Life Cycle Management Process where required ? Contribution to the Risk Management process ? Liaise with customers – both internal and external as demanded Safety ? The role holder is responsible for taking reasonable care of their own health and safety ensuring high standards for safety, health and environment (SHE) in our organisation are maintained. This includes co-operating and following all reasonable instruction, information and training reporting work-related hazards or incidents and using all equipment for the purpose intended. More detailed responsibilities are captured within the Company Health & Safety Policy (759/OF/016) and the Company Environmental Policy (759/OF/029). ? The role holder is responsible for taking reasonable care of their own health and safety, ensuring high standards for safety, health and environment (SHE) in our organisation are maintained, understood, implemented and followed by their team. This includes co-operating and following all reasonable instruction, information and training reporting work-related hazards or incidents, using all equipment for the purpose intended, setting high standards for SHE, leading by example and establishing the expectation that others do the same promoting risk awareness, ensuring that risks are assessed and adequately controlled, encouraging the team to report incidents and defects and make suggestions to improve SHE standards and ensuring actions to address SHE issues are prioritised and resourced appropriately. More detailed responsibilities are captured within the Company Health & Safety Policy (759/OF/016) and the Company Environmental Policy (759/OF/029). Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications ? 3 Years experience in the Chemical/Chemical Engineering industry ? Experience of hazard identification, risk assessment and mitigation in support of trial or test activities. ? Experience in the planning and conduct of evaluation trials. ? Proven ability to take ownership, prioritise and deliver objectives within development projects to ensure completion within agreed time-scales and to required standard ? A good understanding of project/risk management and the ability to use associated tools and techniques ? IT Literate ? Applicants must be self-motivated, able to demonstrate good planning and organisational skills, have good technical and chemistry knowledge, show initiative and be able to work under pressure ? Good written and verbal communication skills are essential, together with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook ? Applicants must be able to demonstrate a proven capability in development projects in particular system integration