Facilities Management Assistant

Babcock International; Shawbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering company in Shawbury is seeking a Facilities Management Assistant to ensure operational facilities while enforcing health and safety protocols. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders, conducting repairs and maintenance, and maintaining compliance standards. Successful candidates should be proficient in Microsoft Office, hold a clean driving license, and be prepared to achieve necessary security clearance. Excellent benefits include generous holidays, a matched pension scheme, and various employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and annual health checks

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Paid leave for reservists in the armed forces

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Holds a full, clean manual driving licence.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to build and maintain strong, effective working relationships.
• Ensure all building systems meet legal compliance standards while delivering exceptional customer service.
• Carry out reactive repairs and maintenance tasks as needed.
• Accurately report and maintain records, ensuring timely completion of job sheets.
• Schedule own workload and manage tasks independently.

Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Hands-on experience conducting minor repair works

Solid practical knowledge and problem-solving skills

Job description

Overview

As a Facilities Management Assistant, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping an extraordinary workplace by championing a proactive health and safety culture and ensuring the seamless implementation of our Safe System of Work. Day-to-day, you'll have the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to build and maintain strong, effective working relationships.
• Ensure all building systems meet legal compliance standards while delivering exceptional customer service and comprehensive FM support.
• Join a small, high-performing team dedicated to keeping multiple facilities compliant, operational, and ready for service personnel training and development.
• Carry out reactive repairs and maintenance tasks as needed.
• Accurately report and maintain records, ensuring timely completion of job sheets.
• Proven ability to schedule own workload and manage tasks independently, ensuring timely and accurate completion of all role requirements.
• Hands‑on experience conducting minor repair works, with solid practical knowledge and problem‑solving skills.

This role is full‑time, working 40 hours per week, and is based on site at RAF Shawbury, Shropshire. There is an on‑call rota system element included in this role.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Holds a full, clean manual driving licence.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Facilities Management Assistant at our RAF Shawbury, Shropshire site.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.