White Force SME - RAF Lossiemouth

At PLEXSYS, our teams design, build and deliver Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) innovation and training solutions to customers around the world. With over 200 employees delivering excellence to our customers, we contribute our success to enabling better training…everyday…across the globe.    

As an employee of PLEXSYS, you’ll find a culture that empowers you to achieve your professional objectives, give your personal best, and work with other highly passionate individuals.  Our core values of integrity, excellence, teamwork and agility drive our daily decisions, identify our focus areas, and inspire our organisational culture.

WHITE FORCE SME - GENERAL DESCRIPTION

PLEXSYS UK is seeking an experienced White Force (WF) Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join the PLEXSYS 8 Sqn team based at RAF Lossiemouth.

The WF SME is expected to be experienced in WF services delivery, current operational training delivery and have previous experience operating on either Air C2 or Combat Air platforms. Under the oversight of the PLEXSYS UK Training Services Manager the WF SME is a multi-faceted role. In your role, you will be representing PLEXSYS, while interacting with both end users - delivering cutting edge training events and WF advice, and Project Managers - ensuring that training needs are met to the highest standard.  

You will be an innovative self-starter able to show initiative as a team player who can help develop concepts and solutions to meet our customers’ challenges. Your strong communication and leadership skills will allow you to work effectively with customers, subcontractors, technical and business stakeholders to deliver excellence.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand and become an SME on all PLEXSYS and sub-contracted products.


• Collaborate with PLEXSYS product, engineering and SME teams to provide customer feedback and identifying enhancements to training content and system capabilities.


• Deliver classroom, virtual, and hands-on training to military personnel as required by the customer.


• Develop and adapt classroom training materials and lesson plans to meet customer requirements.


• Create, deliver and de-brief exercise training events as requested by the customer.


• Provide on-site and remote customer support during system integration, testing, exercise delivery and training events.


• Contribute to trainee training records, reports, and after-action documentation.


• Represent PLEXSYS in a professional manner during presentations and meetings both in person and on-line.


• Demonstrate organisational, project leadership, decision-making, human relations and communication skills.


• Assist with PLEXSYS product demonstrations and interact with customers at trade shows, industry events, workshops and webinars Ensure training delivery aligns with PLEXSYS quality standards, customer requirements, and security protocols.


• Have the ability to travel of up to 30% of the time.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

•  Airborne operator experience on either a TAC C2 or Combat Air platform.


•  Previous experience working in the MoD along with knowledge of MoD operations.


•  Proficiency with Microsoft Office products such as Word and Excel.


•  Experience in managing client relationships, client expectations and project

         timelines.
    •   Understand the Concepts and principles underpinning Live, Virtual and Constructive      

         systems for Training or Test and Evaluation.
    •   Have an efficient, structured approach to status reporting to a range of stakeholders.
    •   Have proven multitasking ability; incisive analytical thinking; detail-oriented

         approach to planning and quality assurance; excellent verbal and written     

         communication skills.

ESSENTIAL

• Have the ability to hold Security Clearance – Secret and above.


• Military experience in C4ISR/Combat operations.


• Previous experience in delivering WF services.

DESIRABLE

• Comfort with Wiki system as primary method for project organization and knowledge

         sharing.

• Qualified Weapons Instructor (QWI) graduate.

WHY PLEXSYS?

• You will join at an exciting time, as PLEXSYS scales up to expand its operations, both in the UK and globally.


• Be part of a leading-edge project that shapes the future of air power training.


• Work with a dynamic, professional team committed to excellence.


• Opportunity for professional growth and global exposure.

Due to the nature of elements of the role, applicants must be a UK National and may be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting which may require criminal record, security service and credit reference checks; qualification will also normally require a minimum UK residency of at least 5 years.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES   

PLEXSYS UK is committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for current and prospective employees. We recognise that a diverse, talented and highly motivated workforce is pivotal to our continuing success, therefore our selection decisions are based on the merit of the individual, irrespective of their race, colour, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other characteristic. 

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant.  We are therefore delighted to offer a guaranteed interview scheme to service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners (including those of service leavers) who meet all our advertised requirements (subject to volume of applications).

HOW TO APPLY

If you are ready to contribute your expertise to a world-class training initiative, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your expression of interest along with a brief outline of your relevant experience and qualifications.