Logistics & Support - Aviation Fuels Technical Support

Do you want to join Defence and play your part in supporting our armed forces to operate effectively? Each year a third of the Defence budget is spent on Support. The Logistics & Support Organisation sits at the heart of providing support to the UK's Armed Forces. This 850-strong organisation works with both civilian and military personnel across Defence and exists to ensure that wherever Defence is operating, it can outpace, outwit and where necessary out-fight its adversaries. We provide logistic and engineering support to UK Armed Forces at home and abroad and have a broad remit spanning from planning to operational delivery.

We are also driving a results-orientated transformation agenda to modernise Defence's logistic and engineering support services and contributing towards the Defence strategy to meet the UK Government goal of Net Zero 2050.

We offer an inclusive, encouraging working environment providing opportunities for you to thrive in your role and progress your career. Our core values are Respect, Trust, Understanding and Kindness as we passionately believe these will enable both a diverse workforce and high performing teams. We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who will embrace these values and proactively demonstrate the principles of inclusion within the organisation.

Within this role the individual will provide expert environmental protection related advice and support to the Duty Holder/Head of Establishment to ensure, and assure, legal, regulatory and policy compliance within area of responsibility.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Responsible to Deputy Head Operational Energy Authority for providing technical subject matter expertise, advice and guidance to all levels (MOD, Commands, Operational HQs, Units and Fielded-Forces) to ensure that the quality and standard of all Fuels, Oils, Lubes and Associated Products provisioned, transported, stored and used by MOD Armed Forces are of an acceptable standard and Fit for Purpose.

It is also responsible for representing Defence at all relevant technical, industry, national and international meetings and forums to influence the development of the specifications for Fuels, Lubricants and Associated Products, and for maintaining awareness regarding the direction of travel for all F&L product standards and specifications as anticipated by users and producers.

Further responsibilities include the management of all relevant Defence Standards for F&L and influencing the content of future F&L standards and specifications and providing advice and guidance regarding the changing specifications for, and issues affecting the use of, critical consumable F&L products; implicit in this is the provision of advice and guidance to Project Teams and Front Line Commands. Finally, and importantly, the DFTA is responsible for providing the necessary Suitably Qualified & Experienced Personnel (SQEP), linkages and support mechanisms to enable AH OEA to fulfil the Duty Holder-Facing role in terms of technical standards of fuel, oils, lubricants and industrial gases.

Degree in Chemistry or relevant scientific subject, or HND/HNC in Chemistry plus 3 years’ experience

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

At Sift you will be assessed against the following:

• Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills

For additional guidance on writing a CV, please click here.

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Further information:

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.