Group Facilities Management Director

Shape the future of facilities management across a global defence and engineering organisation. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world. This role is based at one of our main UK sites (London, Warrington, Bristol, Devonport, Leicester or Rosyth). The Group Facilities Management Director provides strategic leadership for Facilities Management across a complex global organisation, developing standards, governance, supplier strategy and operational excellence across a diverse estate.

Joining during a pivotal transformation, you will help shape and mature the Facilities Management function to deliver safe, effective and sustainable outcomes across defence, aerospace and engineering environments. Your expertise will support programmes that protect national security, maintain infrastructure, and create long-term value for customers and communities.

• Lead the strategic direction and maturity of the Facilities Management function across the organisation.
• Drive consistency, governance, assurance and performance standards across Hard Facilities Management, Soft Facilities Management, Workplace Services, Compliance and Capital Projects.
• Shape long-term operating models, supplier strategies and commercial frameworks to maximise value and service delivery.
• Influence senior stakeholders and provide expert guidance during a significant facilities management transformation programme.
• Ensure facilities operations maintain the highest standards of safety, compliance, risk management and operational performance.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

• Significant senior leadership experience in facilities management within a complex, multi-site organisation at enterprise or group level.
• Experience in defence, government, military, infrastructure, engineering or other highly regulated and security-sensitive environments.
• Strong understanding of Hard Facilities Management, Soft Facilities Management, compliance, safety and risk management.
• Proven ability to develop operating models, governance frameworks, organisational capability and performance improvement initiatives.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience of supplier management, framework agreements, outsourced service models and performance governance.

• Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management qualification (IWFM) would be advantageous.
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors qualification (RICS).
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers qualification (CIBSE).
• IOSH or NEBOSH certification.
• Association for Project Management qualification (APM), Chartered Management Institute qualification (CMI), or equivalent.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance. Some roles are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. Details are available at GOV.UK: clearance levels.

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days paid leave
• Holiday Trading to buy or sell additional leave (Feb–Mar window)
• Be Kind Day: one paid leave day per year for volunteering

We’re a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people. From initial design to final decommissioning, our work contributes to national security and public infrastructure. We’re committed to lifelong engineering and to a culture that respects work-life balance. We are a disability confident employer and welcome reasonable adjustments during the application process.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements—please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 31/07/2026

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. We encourage early applications, as we may close the advert before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of strong candidates.