Senior Facility Specialist

The Senior Facility Specialist role covers our facility management responsibilities and requirements across our highly regulated estates. Your primary responsible will be managing and delivering a workplace environment that is safe, secure, and compliant with all relevant regulations and legislation, thus enabling delivery of requirements to meet the needs of our programme demanders. You will manage, support, and maintain a designated portfolio of facilities which may encompass a variety of processes and activities; one of your key focuses is to ensure maximum facility availability every day. Whilst delivering facility management activities, there will be requirements to act as the key interface between the facilities team, projects, residents, and other business functions/stakeholders. You will also manage relationships with stakeholders, our suppliers and other partners ensuring that all safety and compliance aspects are delivered in accordance with the SLA's and KPI's link to a strict standard of management reporting.

• IOSH is a minimum requirement, but NEBOSH is preferred (or recognised equivalent Health and Safety qualification).
• Prior Facility, Health and Safety, relevant management experience is essential.
Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:
• IWFM professional membership is preferred (or recognised equivalent professional body)
• Ability to drive continuous improvement by identifying problems, evaluating options and formulating effective process, system, and organisational solutions.
• Capable of maintaining a high degree of effectiveness in a multitask role, managing priorities and delivering to challenging timescales.
• Decision making skills that have either a high degree of complexity or diversity and takes prime responsibility.
• Effective motivational skills, and a great collaborator.
• Logical and analytical thinker, enabling performance.
• To have excellent communication, presentational and negotiation skills.
• Experience working in/with project teams to ensure delivery of modifications to facilities/plant.
You'll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.


• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.