Facility Specialist

Facility Specialist

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Salary - Starting salary 37,470 (Negotiable dependent on relevant experience / qualifications)

There is a possibility this role will require shift working.

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Closing Date: 8th November 2024

Let us introduce the role

The Facility Specialist role covers supporting and delivering our facility management responsibilities and requirements across our highly regulated estates. Your primary responsible will be working alongside the Senior Facility Specialist in supporting, managing, and delivering a workplace environment that is safe, secure, and compliant with all relevant regulations and legislation, thus enabling delivery of requirements to meet the needs of our programme demanders.

You will manage, support, and maintain a designated portfolio of facilities on behalf of the appointed Senior Facility Specialist; one of your key focuses is to ensure maximum facility availability every day.

Whilst delivering facility management activities, there will be requirements for you to act as the key interface between the facilities team, projects, residents, and other business functions/stakeholders.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Who are we looking for?

We need you to have the following:

• IOSH is a minimum requirement, but NEBOSH is preferred (or recognised equivalent Health and Safety qualification).
• Ability to help drive continuous improvement by identifying problems, evaluating options and formulating effective process, system, and organisational solutions.

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

• IWFM professional membership is preferred (or recognised equivalent professional body)
• Prior Facility, Health and Safety, relevant experience would be an advantage.

• Capable of maintaining a high degree of effectiveness in a multitask role, managing priorities and delivering to challenging timescales.
• Capable of maintaining a high degree of effectiveness in a multitask role, managing priorities and delivering to challenging timescales.
• Effective motivational skills, and a great collaborator.
• Logical and analytical thinker, enabling performance.
• To have excellent communication, presentational and negotiation skills.
• Experience working in/with project teams to ensure delivery of modifications to facilities/plant.

You'll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Important things you need to know:

• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.