Strategic Estate & Infrastructure Leader

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day fortnight

270 hours annual leave

Pension 9-13%

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Career development funding

Employee assistance programme

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Discounts

Special Leave

Job summary

AWE is seeking a strategic leader to define and drive the long‑term direction of its estate, taking full accountability for infrastructure development and investment across critical UK facilities.

You will lead the estate investment and renewals programme, ensuring delivery of future infrastructure requirements across manufacturing, science, engineering, assembly, and special facilities, while maintaining time, cost, quality and safety across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience leading estate, infrastructure or investment programmes.
• Strong strategic planning and business case development skills.
• Experience managing large-scale capital investment portfolios.
• Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial, financial and risk management capability.
• Experience translating future business needs into estate and infrastructure plans.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Track record of delivering complex programmes to time, cost and quality requirements.
• Strong leadership skills with experience developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for infrastructure development and estate investment across AWE, ensuring the estate meets current and future business requirements.
• Lead the planning and delivery of estate investment and renewal programmes, ensuring projects are delivered safely, compliantly, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.
• Provide expert advice to the Estate Strategy and Planning Director and wider Estates and Liabilities organisation on estate management, investment priorities, risks and opportunities.
• Support governance and decision-making processes on behalf of the Estate Strategy and Planning Director.
• Engage with business leaders and stakeholders to develop and maintain AWE's Estate Strategy and development plans.
• Establish and embed an effective sponsorship capability across Business Units, Site and External Estates teams.
• Build strong relationships with General Managers, Site Directors and teams to translate future capability needs into estate development opportunities.
• Develop and implement AWE's external estate strategy, including acquisition, fit-out, transition and use of external facilities.
• Lead the development, review and challenge of business cases to support estate development and investments.
• Ensure investment plans are supported by safety, technical and governance committees.
• Provide guidance on investment proposals and business cases.
• Identify and evaluate internal, external and international opportunities for estate capabilities and objectives.
• Support People and Places Strategy ensuring estate plans align with workforce goals.
• Champion delivery of AWE's mission, values and strategic objectives across estate activities.
• Ensure scrutiny of resourcing, financial management, risk and capability planning within the Estate Strategy team.
• Support Head of Master Planning in prioritising estate management activities and future investments.

Job description

AWE is seeking a strategic leader to define and drive the long‑term direction of its estate, taking full accountability for infrastructure development and investment across critical UK facilities.

You will lead the estate investment and renewals programme, ensuring delivery of future infrastructure requirements across manufacturing, science, engineering, assembly, and special facilities, while maintaining time, cost, quality and safety across the lifecycle.