Head of Site

**Head of Site - Operational Delivery**:

- Location: Telford, GB, TF2 8JT
- Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

**Job Title: Head of Site - Operational Delivery**
**Location: Telford, Shropshire**
**Compensation: Up to £75,000 + Benefits**
**Role Type: Full time / Permanent**
**Role ID: SF62809**

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 Site - Operational Delivery at our Donnington site.

**The role**
As Head of Site - Operational Delivery you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. In this exciting role you will run the Donnington site and the operational activity within it, for our Defence Support Group (DSG) Business. The role will be accountable for the development and ongoing leadership of an effective and cost competitive maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business that delivers the requirements of the British Army.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide strong visible cohesive leadership, governance and oversight across all teams, bringing them together into a single operational management function, and building a strong, positive, high-performance culture.
- Manage a site that consists of c200 personnel, and deliver an operation that consists of a wide range of MRO activity across a variety of Defence Vehicles and Assets
- Be a key stakeholder in the future of the Donnington Site, linked to the Babcock strategy and the requirements of the British Army
- Propose and implement new capabilities into the site to improve delivery of current programmes, and to successfully bring in new business to Donnington.
- Support the wider Babcock business in developing growth opportunities both as account growth and new business.
- Manage the operation to agreed cost, delivery and quality key performance indicators (KPIs), utilising a multifunctional team, with a matrix approach to ensure safe, timely delivery.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Donnington.

**Essential experience of the Head of Site - Operational Delivery**:

- Leadership of large teams in an operational environment
- A deep understanding of the MRO business model and processes, together with experience in delivering a business objective.
- Strong customer relationship management within multi-stakeholder environments
- Exceptional leadership skills demonstrating collaborative leadership and strong performance, financial and commercial management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

**Qualifications for the Head of Site - Operational Delivery**:
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

**Security Clearance**

**What we offer**
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

**Babcock International**
For over a century Babcock has 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: 14/03/2025**

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