Training Area Manager

As the Training Area Manager, you are responsible making sure the site and training area meet our customer’s needs, you will be based at Hythe Ranges in Hythe, Kent and responsible for a team of Operatives including the Training Area Supervisor, Team Leader and Training Area Operatives.

Package Description
Landmarc will provide you with a competitive salary, in addition to this we also offer the following main benefits, amongst many others:

Pension

Landmarc offers all employees an opportunity to join the company stakeholder pension scheme, where the company will contribute up to 8% of the employee’s salary

Holiday

Employees are entitled to 25 days pro rata during each year of employment plus public holidays. 3 extra discretionary days are normally given in addition to annual leave allowances at Christmas

Annual leave allowance will increase in recognition of your continued service

Holiday purchase – purchase up to 10 more days holiday to use throughout the year

Other benefits

Edenred – Employee Discount scheme

Tusker – Salary sacrifice car scheme

Annual salary review, in consultation with the recognised Trade Unions

Life assurance insured for three times your annual salary, to help the loved ones that are left behind

Reimbursement of professional fees and on-going training

Family friendly policy

Sick pay

Main Responsibilities
Manage the site and ranges and carry out routine inspections

Carry out risk assessments and method statements

Manage range accommodation usage

Identify and deliver reactive maintenance tasks

Manage contractors

Liaise with stakeholders

Provide technical advice on site facilities, ranges, training facilities and training areas

Complete documentation using IT systems

The Ideal Candidate
What you know:

Knowledge of Health and Safety (essential)

All aspects of Range Safety and Design

Scheduling work

Environmental legislation

Matrix management

Workload scheduling

What you can do:

Able to deliver service to tight deadlines and appropriate quality standards

Manage team and scheduling to meet needs of Training and Range operation and management

Understand Military Range Safety Procedures

Able to communicate clearly with the client/customer

Workforce planning skills

Drive continuous improvement

Able to manage and work with contractors/sub-contractors

Performance manage teams and outputs by utilising management tools

Interpret and apply range orders/standing orders and JSPs

Able to undertake by inspection ranges, training facilities and training area, identify and progress routine reactive maintenance tasks

IT Skills

About The Company
Landmarc provides the support services that enable Armed Forces from around the world to prepare for frontline military operations across the UK Defence Training Estate (DTE). This includes maintaining and delivering safe and sustainable infrastructure, managing and operating training areas and ranges and delivering multi-million pound projects to improve vital training assets.

By joining Landmarc you will be supporting our vision to provide the best training experience we can for our Armed Forces. We are the first and only Special Purpose Vehicle to be contracted by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) as their Industry Partner on the UK Defence Training Estate and the only company that is solely dedicated to the UK DTE, delivering essential support services since 2003.