Facilities Management Assistant

Babcock International; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global engineering services provider is looking for a Facilities Management Assistant at the RAF Shawbury site in Shropshire. The successful candidate will manage maintenance tasks, ensure compliance with legal standards, and foster strong relationships with stakeholders. Essential qualifications include proficiency with Microsoft Office and a full, clean driving license. The role requires 40 hours per week work with several generous benefits, including matched pension contributions and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience conducting minor repair works.
• Proven ability to manage tasks independently.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to build strong working relationships.
• Ensure legal compliance of building systems.
• Perform reactive repairs and maintenance tasks.
• Maintain records and complete job sheets timely.

Skills

Scheduling workload

Problem-solving skills

Customer service

Education

Full, clean manual driving licence

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Title: Facilities Management Assistant

Location: Shropshire, England

Compensation: £26,208 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

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.

The role

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:

• 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.

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.

Essential experience of the Facilities Management Assistant:

• 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.

Qualifications for the Facilities Management Assistant:

• 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.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 07/01/2026