JOB SUMMARY

This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic, hardworking individual in a key role within the South West Region requiring the ability to deal with sensitive matters and manage customer expectations.
RD SW&RFCA (Reserve Forces & Cadets Associations) are responsible for effective management across the South West Region to maintain the MOD built estate while supporting our customers throughout an extensive geographical area. We are committed to the provision of appropriate Infrastructure Services, Facilities Maintenance and customer directed billable works programmes.
The Team is looking for the right person to enable delivery of successful outcomes as part of a team, ensuring DIO meet the high standards expected of a government body, responsible for ensuring adherence and conformity with all agreed DIO, MOD and government processes and procedures.
The role enables delivery of departmental goals; ensuring activities conform with all agreed DIO TLB processes and operating procedures, and particularly those which are detailed under the key infrastructure process for providing an efficient administrative support service.
The role has wide ranging requirements with plenty to engage your interest! Interactions across DIO, Industry and wider Government will be an important aspect utilising your communication skills effectively.
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The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees. Flexible working patterns will be considered.
The objectives of the role cannot be delivered within reduced hours or through job share, the role entails management of a high volume of complex outputs which entails a consistent and rapid turnaround for resolutions due to safe and legal compliance and potential risk to lives, it also includes but is not limited to remote management over a wide geographical area and challenging stakeholder management with diverse customers that require access to a single point of contact full time.
A full UK driving licence is required as the Region is geographically dispersed, and the successful candidate will be site based with a requirement to travel to various locations to fulfil the role successfully and effectively, including occasional travel across the SW region and national travel. Please note Public Transport is not available to many of our locations.
Travel between sites to review works, promote effective stakeholder relationships, collaboration, training and development; spending 60% of your time working from your permanent duty station, or other site location.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Mechanical and Electrical Manager is a key role in the Team supporting the delivery of the new Future Defence Infrastructure Services contracts for maintenance services and new construction projects on the Defence Estate.
The post will provide the successful candidate the opportunity to apply their technical knowledge and skills across a large and diverse estate, experiencing working on airfields & hangars, warehouses, vehicle workshops, aircraft and vehicle fuel installations, sports facilities, catering - retail & leisure facilities and living accommodation.
Responding to the challenges of Net Zero Carbon in the replacement and upgrade of key infrastructure across the estate with exciting new projects for electrical vehicle charging infrastructure, solar installations, heat pumps, aircraft hangar refurbishment and fire safety
enhancements.
A key member of the Regional Technical Team providing first hand support on a wide range of technical specialisms to the Site Teams
and wider DIO, being agile identifying and implementing solutions.
We have a Safety-First Ethos focusing on assuring safety standards in key areas such as, Asbestos, Gas Safety, Electrical, Fire Safety,Fuels and Legionella Management. The role will involve planned and preventative maintenance, project management, contract management, collaboration with customers, suppliers and consultancies to deliver a safe place for service personnel to work, live and train. DIO is investing in strategic asset management, and you could be part of the future management of the Defence Estate.
Proactively managing work tasks through clear and effective direction; supporting and participating in a culture of continuous improvement.
Providing support to maintain all DIO Business as Usual Operational Requirements & respond effectively to assist management requests to support changing departmental priorities.
Encourage a working culture which promotes a healthy, safe and inclusive environment. Prioritising people’s development and supporting smart ways of working. Building strong collaborative, professional working relationships with colleagues and other teams across DIO & the wider MOD, to provide the continued level of support needed across a diverse estate in support of Defence.

DESIRABLE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working on the MOD Estate would be advantageous.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Government Property Career Framework: 6. Technology and Innovation: Estate Strategy
• Government Property Career Framework: 10. Health and Safety, Compliance and Inclusion: Property Leadership

BENEFITS

Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• The opportunity to join one of our several D&I Networks. We value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
• 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Most sites have free car parking, Sports & Social Clubs, Gym, on site shops and subsidised canteens.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
An opportunity to be considered for Reward and Recognition - £250-£5000 per year.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
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NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

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