Senior Facilities Project Manager Stevenage Lead

MBDA Missile Systems – Deliver for a more secure tomorrow

Standard 37 hour working week with Dynamic Working arrangements to enable individuals to balance personal flexibility against business needs.

Salary: Up to £72,000 dependent on experience plus an excellent bonus and benefits.

An exciting role for an experienced Construction / Facilities Project Manager has arisen within the MBDA Facilities department to manage the team of Facilities Project Managers and external consultants providing new infrastructure and enhancement projects across the Southern MBDA UK Sites (Stevenage, Henlow, Bedford and London). 

This involves leading a team in a dynamic and fast passed environment, delivering works in excess of £12 million per year and provides the opportunity to utilise and develop team leadership, project management and problem solving skills.

What are we looking for?

• A leader with excellent people management skills to coordinate and manage the overall delivery of the Southern Sites team.
• Someone with proven Project Management experience and with a recognised Project Management Qualification, with a strong desire to embed these working principles within the team.
• Good experience and knowledge in a Facilities Management / Construction environment – especially statutory compliance such as Building Regulations, CDM and Electrical Safety.
• Someone that can lead multi-functional project teams on new projects through all RIBA stages, inclusive of management of external consultants and main contractors, in order to meet programme, cost and quality requirements.
• You will need the ability to interrogate and interpret requirements, based on business understanding, challenging wants against needs when appropriate.
• Ability to adapt to changing and diverse workload with autonomy and resilience
• Experience of evolving teams to achieve optimum outputs, building on strengths and developing weaknesses.

What’s in it for you?

• Working in a progression organisation providing inspiring and efficient working environments to support all company staff.  Including the creation of new environments to support the new ways of working in a post Covid word.
• Leading a team of project managers, committed to the culture of MBDA.
• Opportunity to work across a range of environments from office configurations to high tech manufacturing environments and all the supporting site infrastructure.
• You will have the chance to work with very senior stakeholders in the business on high profile Facilities activities.
• You will be able to influence the workplace design and see it come to life within the company
• You will be well supported with continuous professional development opportunities.

Our benefits

• Dynamic Working, i.e. flexible working arrangements which enable individuals to balance their personal commitments and the needs of the business.
• Opportunities for career progression.
• Bonus scheme
• Comprehensive pension scheme,
• Annual salary review .
• Working from our fantastic campus site with a wealth of excellent facilities; whilst being supported to work from home where the role enables.

Join a great team!

The Facilities Management team within MBDA has an excellent working culture and is made up of a large breath of individuals both very long standing at MBDA and those just starting their careers. The whole team works together very well with a common purpose of ‘creating excellent working environments – by people who care.’

Why us?

MBDA is an award winning company; committed to providing an inclusive working environment where our employees can be themselves and everyone has equal opportunity to reach their full potential. We value difference and know that a diverse community makes for greater innovation and brings a breadth of skills, experience and perspectives.

We’re here to help and want to ensure you have a positive experience throughout our recruitment process. We recognise that everyone is unique and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments.

MBDA is a proud member of Working Families – the UK’s work-life balance organisation. We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements. 

We understand that flexibility benefits our people, our teams and our business; wherever possible we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working.

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Please Note: MBDA UK requires all employees to achieve the appropriate clearance relevant to the role.