DBS Estates Site Facilities Manager MoD Abbey Wood North

Job summary

Are you a dedicated person who is passionate about making a difference?

Would you like to be part an organisation dedicated to supporting the Ministry of Defence through provision of outstanding customer service and specialist support?

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our organisation as Estates Site Manager for Defence Business Services (DBS) southern-flagship site in Bristol, MoD Abbey Wood North (ABWN). We are looking for someone who can connect with confidence, enjoys collaborating, has a good eye for detail and can coordinate incident response. Ideally you will understand how safety and environmental considerations' impact on office-based activities, however specific HS&EP qualifications are not required because full training will be given.

The role is based at MOD Abbey Wood North in Bristol, however occasional travel to other southern DBS sites may be required. Although all office-based employees are expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, because the nature of this role is predominantly site-based, a higher level of site attendance is required and the opportunities for hybrid working are more limited and dependent upon business needs. Please consider whether you can meet this requirement before applying for this role

The Organisation

DBS is one of the largest shared service organisations in Europe that provides a wide range of corporate services, to over 1.2 million end users, including serving and past military and families, as well as MoD civil servants and industry. DBS delivers large scale administration and smaller specialist services to enable the wider MOD to focus on its core aims, maintaining the UK’s Defence and Security.

• Our Vision - To support UK defence customers with outstanding service every time.
• Our Mission - Together we will proudly support Defence, continuously improving and delivering flexible, timely, sustainable and value for money services that underpin the whole force and enhance operational capability.

DBS is committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues. We are building an inclusive culture and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who works for us through opportunities to develop your skills and experience. We also offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career accessible too.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. Part-time or job-share will only be considered provided full time hours can be covered.

Job description

As the Estates Manager for ABWN you will be responsible for the Management of the DBS Estates Abbey Wood North Team to ensure delivery of all aspects of Facilities Management, Infrastructure, Health & Safety, Environmental Protection, Physical Security, and other associated tasks at the DBS Abbey Wood North Site. When required support for wider DBS sites as directed.

This is a high profile role and your duties will encompass:-

• Being the Head of Establishments representative responsible for managing all aspects of Health Safety and Environmental matters including risk assessment, fire safety, emergency planning, hazard identification ensuring the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all related procedures, documentation and training to ensure legal and MOD compliance is met. to ensure legal and MOD compliance is met.
• Manage, develop, monitor and update Health & Safety, Infrastructure, Facilities Management, Physical Security, and Access Control procedures and standards for ABWN to ensure statutory and MOD compliance is met.
• Estates Fire Focal Point (EFFP) for the site, undertaking regular site audits to provide first level assurance. Provide EFFP advice and guidance to other DBS sites, supporting their audit activities when required.
• Being the Establishment Security Officer for the site promoting and ensuring adherence to MoDs security policies, oversight of access control, and providing advice on security matters to site users.
• Primary Estates contact for all Lodgers and teams on site, ensuring agreements and HS&EP documentation is kept up-to-date and compliant with MoD HS&EP guidance. Maintain regular communication with the nominated Point of Contact for all site-based teams, leading regular Stakeholder meetings and interactions.
• Manage control of all infrastructure work undertaken by approved contractors as supported by Defence Infrastructure Organisation and the Regional Prime Contractor, and Duty Holder for the 4C’s (Co-operation Co-ordination Communication Control) management of visiting workers and contractors.
• Lead, manage and develop Estates staff to ensure an effective, engaged and highly performing team with the appropriate skills and experience to deliver a quality service to all site users within their remit.
• Taking the lead for Estates actions within Site Recover/Business Continuity plans and exercises and incidents.
• Overseeing Estates and Facilities spending, obtaining best value for money in accordance with MOD Financial Controls Systems.
• Undertaking other duties within the DBS Estates to support own and other sites as directed by management.

Person specification

The successful individual will be:-

• Highly organised, with demonstrable communication and IT skills. The role requires initiative, management of priorities and balancing a busy workload to adapt to changing demands and able to work flexibly in order to meet stretching deadlines;
• Have strong interpersonal skills and relationship management skills able to interact and engage confidently with a range of stakeholders across Defence.
• Be an excellent verbal and written communicator with good attention to detail;
• Able to work independently and as part of a wider team;

Experience of working in a Facilities Management role and/or a Health & Safety role, particularly with regards to writing and updating policies, is desirable.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,720, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,927 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options including a flexi-time scheme
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Highly competitive Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Alternative working practices such as hybrid working
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Ability to roll over up to 10 days annual leave per year
• In addition