Full-Time DE&S Operations Manager
Job Description
Salary
£34,000 – £40,000 per annum (plus benefits).
Summary
Join an integral part of the UK’s Defence and play your part in the procurement and in-service support of all our armed forces’ equipment, from fighter jets, armoured vehicles and aircraft carriers, to clothing, food, and ammunition. If you have the pride, passion and commitment to be part of an exciting organisation at the forefront of supporting our country’s armed forces to deliver on operations at home and abroad, then apply online now!
We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.
You will be based out of the location listed above in the advert, however, DE&S supports Smarter working, which empowers you to make decisions about when, where and how you work.
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity to join DE&S and to work within the Engineering Pillar of the Service Delivery Team, supporting the RAF fleet of 22 A400M Atlas transport aircraft.
Atlas, a four-engine turboprop aircraft, can deliver 25 tonnes of cargo over 2,000 nautical miles at impressive speed. It is capable of using short and unprepared runways – in 2017 beach landing trials were successfully completed on the South Wales coast. DE&S teams are managing the ongoing delivery of the aircraft and overseeing trials to increase the range of operations it is qualified to perform.
Based at RAF Brize Norton, the role involves management of Multi Nation support contracts, operational management and development of in life support projects to enable success on global Operations.
The key aspects of the job are daily interaction with Industry, Multinational Organisations and RAF Squadrons, providing expert engineering advice to the wider Delivery Team and ensuring service delivery to Front-Line Command customers, via an integrated and co-ordinated cross-functional effort through life.
Responsibilities
You will need to be highly proactive with a continuous improvement mind-set. You will encourage a culture of imaginative thinking, learning from experience and expanding mind-sets to challenge the status quo to continually drive for improved quality.
Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to –
• Manage the liaison with and connect to stakeholders including customers, suppliers and internal teams on specific issues and implement solutions that maximise platform availability for minimum through-life cost, through collaboration with technical and engineering colleagues to meet the requirements agreed in the Command Acquisition Support Plan (CASP).
• Coordinate the drafting, tender process and assessment of tenders, and monitor the performance of suppliers in terms of the quality, timeliness and reliability of goods and/or services to ensure agreed contractual obligations are met.
• Coordinate the implementation of change to requirements in response to cost and time pressures to ensure delivery to the customer meets expectations.
• Manage investigations where the required KPIs are not being achieved to the required quality, standard or timescales, and help to identify the issues and take appropriate action.
• Manage resources, monitoring actual spend and updating forecasts accordingly to ensure the integrated support meets customer requirements fully within the agreed budget.
• Manage agreed governance arrangements for the delivery of the service, aligned with iLog best practice and KPI’s.
• Responsible for providing engineering input into all aspects of inventory and supply chain management for their platforms or equipment.
• Proactively balance supply and demand with Front Line Commands to design and deliver a stable deliverable programme of work as part of the CASP.
• Contribute to developing optimal courses of action, balancing risk and value for money in the development of Business Cases and Investment Appraisals, Review Notes and Information Notes including economic analysis of investment proposals to influence decision making.
• Conduct regular rolling reviews of the teams, customer outcomes and platform capability performances to proactively identify and manage dependencies between projects and their funding/resource requirements.
What you will be assessed against
To be found successful you must demonstrate the following essential criteria:
• Experience working in a delivery environment at an operational level within one of the Operational Management or associated disciplines (Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Technical Through Life Support, Commercial or equivalent), within a large, complex organisation
• Professionally registered i.e. IEng or equivalent relevant working experience
• Strong communication, influencing and engagement skills with stakeholders at all levels, internal and external
• Experience in managing supplier performance and service delivery
It would benefit your application should be able to demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
• Experience of working in an aerospace environment
• Experience of working with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD)
In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competencies and behaviours will be assessed at interview:
• Enhancing Service Support systems
• Managing support, supplier and customer networks
• Making effective decisions
• Communicating and influencing
What’s in it for you?
You will receive a generous benefits package including market leading employer pension contributions of around 21% of your salary (not including any personal contribution), annual bonuses, a flexible working pattern to fit you where possible, 25 days holiday +1 additional day every year you work up to 30 days with opportunity for movement and promotion. Some of our sites include an onsite gym, onsite restaurants, cafes and much more.
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Applicants should be aware that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.
About your team
The Integrated Logistics (iLog) Function is the integrating Function for Support within DE&S, responsible for the development, management and delivery of in-service support for our front-line command customers. The iLog Function consists of around 2,900 personnel, both civil servants and military, and with a wide range of disciplines ranging from operations management and supply chain management, technical through-life support and logistics delivery, to modelling and analysis.
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Benefits
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This post is not eligible for relocation allowances.
Things you need to know
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Selection process details
Simply click on the apply button to create an account and upload your CV. Your application will go through several stages of assessment which are outlined below:
1. Pre-sift – We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the responsibilities section of this advert.
2. Sift – Applicants’ CVs are assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system:
• Key Achievements • Relevant Experience • Applied Knowledge and Skills
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3. Interview – Applicants will be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the technical competencies and behaviours listed in the responsibilities section of this advert. More details about our DE&S Behaviours which can be found attached at the bottom of the page.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with (or eligible for) status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
How to Apply
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