Operations Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Salisbury is seeking an experienced Operations Manager responsible for contract execution and maintaining operational effectiveness. The role involves managing subcontractors and compliance across multiple functions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in contract and operations management along with relevant qualifications. This position offers a hybrid working model with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to digital health services

Employee share scheme

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in contract management, operations, or project management.
• Strong experience in partner relationship management.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful contract execution and operational effectiveness.
• Act as primary interface between customer and subcontractors.
• Maintain strong relationships with partners.

Skills

Contract management

Operations management

Project management

Partner relationship management

Cross-functional team management

Supply chain management

Education

Level 4 qualification or equivalent

Professional accreditation (IEng or CEng)

Quality and HSE management qualifications

Job description

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Operations Manager

Location:

Salisbury, GB, SP11 8HT

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Operations Manager
Location: Andover, Hampshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract 52 weeks
Role ID: SF63164

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Operations Manager at our Andover site.

The role
As an Operations Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be responsible for ensuring the successful execution of the contract, maintaining operational effectiveness and compliance across all functional areas, including Finance, Commercial, Legal, HR, and Engineering.

Day-to-day, you’ll act as the primary interface between the customer, subcontractors, and internal teams, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and issue resolution in a complex operational environment. You’ll also:

• Maintain a strong and trusted working relationship with the in-country partner Director, addressing any concerns and providing assurance on contractual and operational matters
• Oversee contract execution, ensuring all deliverables align with contractual agreements, company standards, and regulatory frameworks
• Ensure the subcontractor meets performance, compliance, and safety standards as defined by the contract.
• Support discussions and negotiations with subcontractors to drive continuous improvement, operational efficiency, and contract optimisation

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with deployment overseas.

Essential experience of the Operations Manager:

• Proven experience in contract management, operations, or project management, ideally in a defence, engineering, or logistics environment
• Strong experience in partner relationship management, particularly in an international operational setting and the ability to build and maintain relationships at a senior level
• Experience managing cross-functional teams across Finance, Commercial, Legal, HR, and Engineering
• Understanding of subcontractor management, ensuring compliance with contractual and operational requirements
• Experience in supply chain management, spares provisioning, and material handling with an understanding of the Defence environment

Qualifications for the Operations Manager:

• Educated to Level 4 in the National Qualification Framework (NQF) or equivalent experience - HNC, Level 4 NVQ, or higher apprenticeship
• Must hold or be in the process of applying for professional accreditation - IEng or CEng
• Quality and HSE management qualifications - completed or in progress
  

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

• 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.

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