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Facility Specialist

Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area

Salary - £37,470 (negotiable dependent on relevant experience / qualifications)

There is a possibility this role will require shift working.

Why AWE?

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
Life Assurance
Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.

What's is the role of a Facility Specialist?

The Facility Specialist role covers supporting and delivering our facility management responsibilities and requirements across our highly regulated estates.

Your primary responsible will be working alongside the Senior Facility Specialist in supporting, managing, and delivering a workplace environment that is safe, secure, and compliant with all relevant regulations and legislation, thus enabling delivery of requirements to meet the needs of our programme demanders.

You will manage, support, and maintain a designated portfolio of facilities on behalf of the appointed Senior Facility Specialist; one of your key focuses is to ensure maximum facility availability every day.

Whilst delivering facility management activities, there will be requirements for you to act as the key interface between the facilities team, projects, residents, and other business functions/stakeholders.

To be successful in this role you should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

IOSH is a preferred minimum requirement (or recognised equivalent Health and Safety qualification).
IWFM professional membership held or willing to be worked towards.
Prior Facility, Health and Safety, relevant experience would be an advantage.
Ability to help drive continuous improvement by identifying problems, evaluating options and formulating effective process, system, and organisational solutions.
Capable of maintaining a high degree of effectiveness in a multitask role, managing priorities and delivering to challenging timescales.
High level of personal integrity, with the ability to handle confidential and otherwise sensitive matters professionally.
Ability to be decisive under pressure with the confidence to challenge and push back if required.
Effective motivational skills, and a great collaborator.
Logical and analytical thinker, enabling performance.
To have excellent communication, presentational and negotiation skills.

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for this role.

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