Head of Operations

As a Head of Operations, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Leading the teams responsible for maintaining the Red Arrows and RAF fighter pilot training aircraft - directly contributing to the safety, security and international reputation of the UK.

Day-to-day, you'll lead safety engagement, enhancement & accountability, as well as:

• Manage workforce against agreed resource levels, actively demonstrating visible and transparent leadership to generate effective, consistent, and relevant two-way information flow.


• Drive exceptional service delivery and contract performance with a common reporting approach across all functions.


• Ensure coherent maintenance planning/tasking and planning integration with customer led fleet planning, quantifying, and managing variation from agreed resource budgets and service scope.


• Lead delivery of transformation plans and change projects, developing a culture of continuous improvement.


• Exceptional leadership, workforce engagement and customer relationship management skills; communicating complex subjects effectively and influencing at all levels.


This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Valley

Essential experience of the Head of Operations

• Exceptional leadership, workforce engagement and customer relationship management skills; communicating complex subjects effectively and influencing at all levels.


• Extensive experience of air safety and H&S, role modelling the highest standards of personal behaviours and expectations.


• Aircraft engineering/maintenance knowledge, preferably on Hawk and/or within the UK military construct.


• Demonstrable implementation of change and performance improvement within complex environments and contracts - balancing people orientated and data driven approach.


• A track record of personal professional development, and demonstrable development of team members., 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.
  
  At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Head of Operations at our RAF Valley site.
  
  The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC)


• 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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)


What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance


• 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.


• Flexible locations.


• Opportunity to work with innovative technology.


• Growth opportunities.


• Potential to develop skills.


• Opportunities to travel within the UK.


• Potential to travel internationally.


• A dynamic working environment.


• Autonomy to perform the role.


• Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer.


• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.


• The honour and responsibility of equipping our armed forces.


• A relocation package for those outside of the region.


• Opportunities to develop your career.


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