Senior Facilities Manager

Location: Gloucester, GB, GL20 8LZ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Lead the environments that power mission-critical innovation. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Facilities Manager at our Tewkesbury site, near Gloucester. Working at the heart of our Mission Systems business, you’ll support advanced defence, intelligence and cyber capabilities by ensuring our facilities operate safely, efficiently and to the highest standards. This is your opportunity to shape complex engineering environments that underpin national security and technological innovation.

The role:

• As a Senior Facilities Manager, you’ll take ownership of multiple complex sites, leading facilities operations that enable cutting‑edge defence and engineering programmes.
• You’ll play a critical role in maintaining safe, compliant and high‑performing environments while driving continuous improvement and supporting business growth.
• This is a dynamic leadership role where you’ll influence strategic decisions, manage budgets and lead projects that enhance capability across our estate, making a tangible difference to both our organisation and wider society.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be required to:

• Lead and manage a team to deliver high‑quality facilities services across multiple sites.
• Oversee compliance with health, safety and infrastructure standards in complex engineering environments.
• Manage operational budgets and ensure cost‑effective delivery of facilities services.
• Drive facilities projects and improvements, including upgrades to specialist labs and infrastructure.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including customers and senior leaders.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and you will be required to travel between the 2 sites in Tewkesbury and some travel to site at Manchester. There is some flexibility with home working as needed.

Essential experience:

• Demonstrating a strong technical background in facilities management within complex environments.
• Applying in‑depth knowledge of health, safety and compliance standards.
• Managing building infrastructure and planned maintenance frameworks (knowledge of SFG20 is desirable).
• Leading and developing teams, with the ability to delegate effectively and think strategically.
• Communicating confidently with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders and customers.

Qualifications:

• IWFM Level 3 or 4 qualification (or equivalent) is desirable.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) (can start with Security Check) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

What we offer:

• 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.
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• A dynamic working environment.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.