Job Title: Planning & Maintenance Manager
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire
Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full Time / Permanent.
Role ID: SF17420

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Planning & Maintenance Manager at our Boscombe Down site, which is a Ministry of Defence RAF base, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds. The airfield and its infrastructure has been operated by QinetiQ on behalf of the Ministry of Defence since 2001.

Located on the outskirts of Salisbury and Amesbury in Wiltshire, the over one thousand acre site features two operational runways - including the longest military runway in the UK. There are extensive facilities to undertake a wide range of test, evaluation, demonstration and consultancy programmes. It is also the home of the world’s first test pilot school (ETPS) that provides world class training for flight test professionals of both civilian and military customers.

The Role
As a Planning & Maintenance Manager you will report and deputise to the Head of Facilities Management Group Lead and you'll have a role out of the ordinary.

Day-to-day, you will oversee planning of the site’s property operations resource capabilities to ensure effective and efficient implementation of planned, reactive, demand and corrective tasks across the designated footprint.

You will also:

• Develop monthly pre-planned maintenance (PPM) implementation plans for site; including allocation of appropriate, competent resources in conjunction with delivery leaders and aligned to internal, industry, regulatory and statutory compliance standards
• Co-ordinate with Property Operations Managers, Delivery Leads and other relevant stakeholders to ensure effective delivery of the plans and adjustment of priorities to meet business needs
• Assess and define our property operations resource and competency needs for the site; including complementary contractor framework and the development of strategies to minimise outsourcing
• Reporting on compliance and maintenance delivery performance to include duties such as F-gas, asbestos and water management following internal compliance processes and escalating problems, issues and risks, as necessary
• Manage compliance, maintenance efficiency, effectiveness, lifecycle and financial spend; driving continual improvement and optimised delivery performance
• Engage with and monitor key contractors to ensure priority, delivery performance, resource and competency requirements are established and maintained

This role is full time and based fully on-site. The standard working hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 16:30.

Essential experience of the Planning & Maintenance Manager:

• Significant scheduling or planning experience
• Engineering or facilities management / maintenance background
• IOSH / NEBOSH awareness

Qualifications of the Planning & Maintenance Manager:

• Knowledge and appropriate qualifications gained through relevant training, with an experience of delivering FM Service with the ability to be appointed as an Authorised Person in future
• Must have a valid driving license

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum.

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Our Benefits:

• Adaptive and flexible working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant.
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

About QinetiQ

As a company of thousands of dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Security

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information, which mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Application Guidance
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. 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.

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