If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.
Facility Specialist (EPURE)
Location: Dijon, France
Salary – Starting salary £39,000 plus allowances (Negotiable dependent on relevant experience / qualifications)
Working pattern: EPURE operates a 5-day working week. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
There is a possibility this role will require shift working.
Let us introduce the role
The Facility Specialist role supports and delivers our facility management responsibilities and requirements across our highly regulated estates. Your primary responsibility will be supporting, 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 support and help maintain a designated portfolio of facilities on behalf of the appointed Lead Facility Manager; one of your key focuses is to ensure maximum facility availability every day.
This role is part of services provided by our facilities management team, where you will be the primary lead (non-technical) focal point for all UK and joint French work activities, and supporting the UK team. You will be an integrated part in managing the Plan of the Week (PLOW) and the Plan of the Day (PLOD) boards.
Whilst delivering facility management activities, there will be requirements for you to act as the key interface between the facilities team, projects, residents, and other business functions/stakeholders.
Key Accountabilities:
- Accountable for providing support on behalf of the Lead Facility Manager (LFM), or their designates, in delivering against the responsibilities aligned to the role, allocated area, or facilities, whilst enabling work to maximise availability of assets to programme demanders.
- Accountable for escalation of significant issues to the Lead Facility Manager (LFM).
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great collaborator.
Activities and Responsibilities:
- To be the non-technical focal point for all UK and joint French work activities and to manage access control to facilities after ensuring that requesting personnel are approved to enter these areas (by means of validating they are accredited via Training records or listed on the Plan de Prevention (PDP)).
- To ensure that the Plan de Prevention’s (PDP’s) are correct and relevant stakeholders have signed on to these.
- To ensure authorised isolations of alarms, sensors, or systems (required to allow safe and approved operations) and that this information is recorded correctly and all necessary parties informed.
- To manage the Plan of the Week (PLOW) and the Plan of the Day (PLOD) boards and ensure they are relevant and up to date.
- Maintain competency to create a weekly update for the LFM to include works completed, future works and any issues.
- De-conflict activities between both nations.
- To ensure all aspects of admin are completed in a timely manner, such as ensuring all invites to the meeting are sent out each week and considering annual leave and ensuring that there is a representative from each area.
- To monitor the previous day’s activities to capture anything that is outstanding added on the new plan for the day. Brief out the breakdown of the day with the stakeholders in an organized manner.
- To brief all attending the PLOD the facility status such as breakdowns, unplanned work, visits within the designated area UK or French activities and any high hazard works being carried out in the facility, UK or French.
Who are we looking for?
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.
We need you to have the following:
- IOSH is a minimum requirement, but NEBOSH is preferred (or recognised equivalent Health and Safety qualification).
- Ability to help drive continuous improvement by identifying problems, evaluating options and formulating effective process, system, and organisational solutions.
Most importantly you will be working with a remarkable team supporting the delivery of extraordinary things. You’ll Be Set for Success If you have some of the following skills and experience:
- Prior Facility, Health and Safety, relevant experience would be an advantage.
- Capable of maintaining a high degree of effectiveness in a multitask role, managing priorities and delivering to challenging timescales.
- Capable of maintaining a high degree of effectiveness in a multitask role, managing priorities and delivering to challenging timescales.
- 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.
Some reasons we think you’ll love it here
AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- 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.
The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.
Important things you need to know:
- You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
- You will be expected to have or attain French language skills to communicate, both written and oral, to an A2 Level standard as a minimum – training will be provided
- Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
- We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
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Next steps:
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 above, 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.
Important things you need to know:
- We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
- You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
- We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
- Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.
Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.