Facility Manager

Babcock International; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence contractor is seeking a Facility Manager for a unique remote overseas location. This role entails overseeing the maintenance and operations of facilities, managing a diverse team, and ensuring seamless operations. Candidates should have proven experience in facility management and be capable of reading technical drawings. The position offers competitive compensation, generous benefits, and opportunities for career development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP services

Employee share scheme

10-days special paid leave for reservists

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a similar role is essential.
• Experience in facility and operations management.
• Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Oversee maintenance and daily operations of buildings.
• Work with engineers and experts to support operations.
• Manage hands-on tasks alongside managerial responsibilities.

Skills

Facility/operations management experience

Reading electrical and mechanical drawings

Managing sub-contractors

Creating processes for improvement

Education

Engineering qualification or relevant experience

IOSH Managing safely

Job description

Job Title: Facility Manager
Location: Remote Overseas Opportunity
Compensation: Competitive + Free Accommodation + No Bills + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65649

Exciting opportunity to work overseas with a Leading Defence & Security Partner.

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 remote overseas facility, supporting a strategic defence and security partnership.

The role

As our Facility Manager, you’ll have a role that out of the ordinary. You'll take on a unique and rewarding role in a remote overseas location—where rent-free living is just one of the perks. We’re seeking an energetic, self-motivated professional to oversee the maintenance and daily operations of buildings and systems, ensuring everything runs seamlessly.

Day-to-day, you’ll balance hands-on tasks with management responsibilities, ensuring the smooth operation of facilities. You’ll work closely with multi-discipline engineers, subject matter experts, and directly with the customer to support ongoing operations. You may also be involved in build and installation projects as needed. This is a rare opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary international team, contributing to exciting new initiatives within a rapidly growing organisation.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at our remote overseas location.

Essential experience of the Facility Manager

• Proven experience in a similar role
• Facility/operations management experience
• Experience in reading and understanding electrical and mechanical drawings
• Experience managing sub-contractors
• Experience of creating and implementing processes and driving continual improvement activities

Qualifications for the Facility Manager

• Engineering qualification or demonstrable experience in relevant roles
• IOSH Managing safely would be advantageous

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting(DV) 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 portalPayment 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.