About the job

Job summary

At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe – for today, and tomorrow.

We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of around 27%, to help work, work for you.

Nationality, visas and vetting: We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you have been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.

Job description

As the Infrastructure Management Coordinator, you will provide complete support in all aspects of infrastructure management on the Gosport site. You will provide appropriate infrastructure advice and guidance across the business and engage with multiple internal and external stakeholders to relay key messages and plan events.

Working as part of a close-knit 4 persons Infrastructure Management Team, you will be the focal point for all infrastructure enquiries, the “go to” person for when both contractor and building manager problems arise.

If you are a team player who is willing to help out wherever required, apply below and benefit from an environment that will support your development to build a career with DE&S.

Please note full-time site attendance is required for this position.

 

Responsibilities

• Liaise routine repairs to the helpdesk.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable legislation including policy, processes, instructions and guidance
• Produce Infrastructure briefing packs and communications e.g. F2F newsletter articles and Building Manager advice bulletins.
• Plan Infrastructure works including both soft and hard FM task, liaising with key staff and contractors to ensure works meet key requirements
• Manage reactive maintenance in conjunction with the Regional Prime Contractor (RPC) Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Estate Facility Manager and DM Gosport Building Managers
• Engage with external and internal stakeholders (e.g., site staff, contractors, external agencies) in a wide range of real estate scenarios.
• Support Infrastructure projects ensuring estate improvements and changes are effectively implemented.
• Support the day-to-day maintenance requests and issues proactively managing any problems and escalating where appropriate.

Person specification

To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Excellent written and verbal communicator.
• Experience in infrastructure/facilities management

 

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Property and Estates Expertise (Supervised Practitioner)
• Complying with Property and Estates requirements (Supervised Practitioner)
• Communicating and Influencing 
• Working Together 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,800, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,396 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:

1. Pre-sift - We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
2. Sift - Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills

Please follow our guidance on CV writing for best chance of success.

1. Interview - If you're invited to interview, you'll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.