Head of Operations

3 weeks ago


Telford, United Kingdom Babcock International Full time

**Head of Operations (Donnington)**:

- Location: Telford, GB, TF2 8JT- Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid**Job Title: Head of Operations (Donnington)**
**Location: Donnington**
**Compensation: Attractive Salary**
**Role Type: Full time / Permanent**
**Role ID: SF52867**

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as Head of Operations at our Donnington site.

**The role**
As Head of Operations you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be running the Donnington site and Operations in our DSG Business. This role will lead and develop teams in the delivery of people, safety, quality, delivery, cash and cost targets that enables production outputs of army vehicle equipment.

Day to day, you will be responsible for ensuring efficient project delivery, optimising resource utilisation and driving operational improvements. You will also be overseeing approximately 250 employees working on a range of Military Vehicles.
- Provide strong visible cohesive leadership, governance and oversight across all teams, bringing them together into a single Programme Management function, and building a strong, positive, high-performance culture
- Be a key stakeholder in the future of the Donnington Site, linked to the Babcock Strategy and the requirements of the British Army
- Create and sustain a culture that is aligned to the Babcock Principles by role-modelling behaviours, motivating, encouraging and recognising the contribution of team members
- Lead an Operations Team focused on productivity and support your team in enabling them to deliver a high productivity

**Essential experience of the Head of Operations**:

- Proven experience in driving operational excellence and leading process improvements
- Exceptional communications and interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate with cross functional teams and stakeholders at all levels
- Proficient in analysing and interpreting operational data
- Excellent leadership skills
- Proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement

37 hours/Full time/Onsite 4 days per week.

**Our Benefits**
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme up, with life assurance
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive ten-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

**Babcock International**
For over 130 years Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

**Closing date: 18/08/2023**

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