Defence Equipment & Support Careers and Employment

DE&S supports Smarter working, which empowers you to make decisions about when, where and how you work. We want our employees to enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and offer a variety of flexible working arrangements so that work fits in with your lifestyle. We offer a flexi-time scheme, homeworking and options to work part-time, part-year (term time only), job share, compressed week or fortnight, and partial retirement.

DE&S has launched a new strategy outlining our ambitions for 2025 with a focus on delivering through people, technology and innovation. Find out more and watch the video here: https://des.mod.uk/des-launches-new-strategy/

• Visit our Vacancies page: https://des.mod.uk/careers/vacancies/ • Filter and find the role you would like to apply for to view the job description. • If you would like to proceed with your application, click the ‘Apply’ button, which will transfer you to our Applicant Tracking System, Skillstream, where you can create an account and complete your application. • Applying is easy: Upload your CV, fill in your personal details and answer a few simple questions. • Our Recruitment team then perform CV sifts to identify candidates who meet our essential requirements, and suitable candidates are invited to interview. • Successful applicants will be notified and security clearance carried out prior to starting.

Applied in 2005/2006.

Competence based interview

During your interview, you should be prepared to discuss your CV, and will be assessed against your ability to demonstrate the essential criteria detailed on the job advert, as well as one or more technical competencies, which will also be listed on the advert. For an interview, you can never prepare too much. Study the job description and understand the key experiences being asked for. Think about he key experiences being asked for. Think about when you have delivered in these key areas, especially focusing on achievements and successes (consider the STAR technique to ‘paint a picture’) and ensure the panel really understands your efforts and recognises the outcomes you achieved. We will be looking for you to display you fit our behaviours, consider these when explaining your experience: • We work as one team with our customer • We support one another • We are professional in everything we do • We are committed to getting better • We deliver on our promises – no excuses Consider why you want to work for DE&S and consider how you will get this across during your interview. The difference between a good interview and a great interview can be showing what you have researched about the organisation. Search our website to find out more about the work we do supporting the UK’s armed forces. Ensure you go to your interview prepared with questions you want answered. Great questions will enable you to show further interest, understand the challenges of the role and sell other areas of strength accordingly.

DE&S has launched a new strategy outlining our ambitions for 2025 with a focus on delivering through people, technology and innovation. Find out more and watch the video here: https://des.mod.uk/des-launches-new-strategy/

I enjoy going to work daily as there is a fresh challenge every day. There is always a learning experience and working with more experienced engineers within the dockyard helps you to progress your learning as an individual.

Please visit this web page to learn more about our on-boarding process: https://des.mod.uk/on-boarding/process/