General information
City/town:
Middlesex
Job field:
Other Operations
External closing date:
Friday, October 17, 2025
Type of contract:
Permanent
ID:
5506
Description and requirements
Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an
inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
Based full time on a huge MoD site near Watford where Skanska deliver Hard, Soft and Technical Services under a long term PFI contract, the SCIDA Officer has responsibility for all compliance matters associated with the control of designs associated with all Information Communication Technology (ICT) in use and installed throughout the headquarters site. The SCIDA Officer provides the authority for those seeking advice for proposed installations along with assessments and approvals.
What you'll do:
* Provide relevant site information and design guidance to clients, integrated project teams and project officers with regards to new ICT installations or changes to existing ICT installations.
* Assess designs submitted and issue design conformance certification.
* Monitor works during installation and make a final assessment of the completed task after all test results and as fitted documentation is complete ensuring alignment to the Engineering Change Request process (ECR) and published Ministry of Defence (MoD) standards.
* Complete site inspections against an agreed program and highlight any non-compliance issues.
* Be fully conversant with an assortment of standards and to be able to provide sound advice and guide others, as necessary.
What you'll bring to the role:
* We require applicants to have a minimum of 3 years' experience within a MoD ICT project role, thereby having acquired experience of military working environments.
* Applicants will be required to be CIDA qualified, having obtained a Defence CIDA Installation Design Course certificate.
* Applicants will have a good working knowledge of JSP 453 and other documents called up within it.
* Able to gain and maintain DV security clearance
This role requires a minimum level of security clearance and may also require a higher level of National Security Vetting. You should be aware that certain levels of clearance or specific projects and/or sites have UK residency requirements; and any dual or multiple nationalities must be declared. Any persons who do not fulfil these residency requirements may be unable to obtain the required level of clearance and would not be eligible to undertake this role.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using or call – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:
Closing date
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.
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