Facilities Manager

weServed; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme with life assurance

Digital GP and annual health check

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists in the armed forces leave

Holiday Trading benefit

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock in Plymouth, Devonport Royal Dockyard invites a Facilities Manager to lead the effective management, maintenance and readiness of Emergency Feeding Facilities across HMNB Devonport and associated locations.

In a defence setting you will coordinate with MOD personnel, contractors and service users to deliver safe, compliant facilities and outstanding operational performance, while pursuing continuous improvement and professional growth within this global engineering and defence

Qualifications

• Proven facilities management experience in a similar operational environment.
• Experience managing facilities, assets, equipment, or operational support services.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work.
• Experience managing contractors and subcontractors.
• Excellent stakeholder management and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Emergency Feeding Facilities and assets to ensure readiness and availability.
• Conduct inspections, audits, and maintenance coordination.
• Coordinate contractor and subcontractor activities safely and legally.
• Monitor performance and drive continuous improvement and service excellence.
• Maintain relationships with MOD personnel, customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Facilities management

Asset management

Health and safety

Contractor management

Stakeholder management

Education

GCSEs Maths English

Advanced Food Hygiene Level 3

Full clean driving licence

IWFM/BIFM qualification

IOSH/NEBOSH qualification

Job description

Job Title: Facilities Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £28,000 - £35,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75259

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 Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyardsite.

The role

As a Facilities Manager, you’ll take ownership of the effective management, maintenance, and operational readiness of Emergency Feeding Facilities across HMNB Devonport and associated locations. Working within a complex and highly regulated defence environment, you'll play a key role in ensuring facilities, assets, and support services are available whenever needed.

Day-to-day, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to combine facilities management, asset management, health and safety, stakeholder engagement, and operational leadership in a role that directly supports critical defence infrastructure. You'll work closely with Ministry of Defence personnel, contractors, service users, and colleagues to deliver outstanding operational performance while driving continuous improvement and service excellence. Alongside making a genuine difference, you'll have the opportunity to develop your career within a global engineering and defence organisation committed to supporting professional growth and long‑term success.

• Managing Emergency Feeding Facilities and associated assets to ensure operational readiness, compliance, and availability.
• Conducting inspections, audits, and maintenance coordination activities to maintain safe and efficient facilities.
• Coordinating contractor and subcontractor activities, ensuring work is delivered safely and in line with statutory requirements.
• Monitoring performance, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, and enhancing customer service delivery.
• Maintaining strong relationships with Ministry of Defence personnel, customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to achieve operational objectives.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Facilities Manager

• Proven experience in facilities management, asset management, property management, logistics, or a similar operational environment.
• Experience managing facilities, assets, equipment, or operational support services.
• Sound knowledge of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work.
• Experience managing contractors and subcontractors.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to deliver excellent customer service and manage multiple priorities.

Qualifications for the Facilities Manager

Essential

• Minimum of 3 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above, including Maths and English.
• Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate (Level 3).
• Full clean driving licence.

Desirable

• Professional Facilities Management qualification (IWFM, BIFM, or equivalent).
• IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH, or equivalent Health and Safety qualification.
• Experience within defence, maritime, nuclear, or other highly regulated environments.

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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 24/08/2026

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