Building & Civil Engineering Manager

Job Description

LocationMOD St Athan, Barry - CF62 4WA or Credenhill, Hereford – HR4 7DD, or The Barracks, Brecon – LD3 7EAAbout the jobSummaryJoin the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to flourish, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated. We promote and support a range of flexible working patterns enabling staff to balance home and work responsibilities. This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers. Our staff, future and current will be guided by the 4 Cs and we encourage you to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, collaborative in an inclusive culture, bold and resilient and committed to Defence, empowered and able to challenge so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation. DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience: • Meaningful, purposeful work • The ability to learn and grow • The right opportunities and resources • To care about your wellbeing • To feel valued and included About DIOThe Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure. Our responsibilities include: • Plan and deliver major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment • Provide utilities services • Manage soft facilities management (i.e. cleaning and catering) • Provide a safe place to train • Allocate Service Families Accommodation • Procure and manage routine maintenance and reactive repair • Provide a central register of asset information to advise infrastructure planning • Act as steward of the Defence estate • Provide the unarmed guarding service We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman. You can view our YouTube video to see more about our work Job descriptionThe ChallengeTHE ROLE This is an exciting/fantastic/ challenging vacancy for a Building & Civil Engineering professional, to join a supporting and exciting organisation in the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. DIO Regional Delivery (RD) Total Facilities Management (TFM) Central Region, manages the delivery of DIO contracted hard and soft facilities management and key relationship management with senior users, key suppliers and other elements of DIO Operations, in particular the Regional Support Team (RST) and Major Programmes and Projects (MPP) to deliver DIO outputs that support military capability. It also includes close working with other areas of Regional Delivery, in particular the Training Estate and Service Accommodation. As DIO continues to develop as an organisation, we are currently considering how best to transform the business to enable us to better focus on delivering efficient services to our customer and to make DIO a great organisation to work for. LocationDIO Regional Delivery are based across the UK including MOD St Athan near Barry, Credenhill, Hereford & The Barracks, Brecon. We offer a flexible base location for this role and will therefore make one of these locations your duty station where possible. Where this is not possible, we will look to assign an alternative MOD establishment as your duty station. Work location will be agreed once the successful candidate has been selected.ResponsibilitiesMain ResponsibilitiesAs a member of the Area technical team based in Wales & Herefordshire, the successful candidate will be a key stakeholder supporting the pan Regional Technical Team (RTT), contributing to the wider technical aspects that affect the MOD estate. The RTT consists of a matrix of specialist functions including Mech & Elec, Build & Civil Eng, Quantity Surveying and Energy Advice. The incumbent will be responsible for progressing in a collaborative manner, construction projects with our Industry partner, Amey. Works may consist of new builds, refurbishments of existing assets or minor infra work up to the value of circa £4M in support of military capability. The successful candidate will have a responsibility for ensuring progress is maintained throughout the procurement process and through delivery. There will be a requirement to provide specialist B&CE technical advice and guidance to Estates Facility Managers (EFM), working on military establishments across Wales and Herefordshire. Be engaging with industry in an agile & collaborative environment with the key objectives of; • Establishing the correct technical solution, • Maintaining estate statutory compliance, • Advising on value for money of firm prices received from industry partner, whether via PSA schedule of rates or quotation based. • Assurance of delivery of allocated projects. Other duties include; • Engaging on customer forums advising with functional issues affecting the MoD Estate, • Liaising with other function Subject Matter Experts (SME) to ensure product delivery. • Providing DIO colleagues with professional technical advice. • Maintaining currency through Continual Professional Development (CPD) and Industry knowledge • Assurance of the existing Hard FM contract • Delivery of the Command Infrastructure Delivery Plan (CIDP) agreed by the TLBs to support or enhance military capability. • Provides specialist Energy advice and reporting. Travel RequirementsTravel will be required to cover the Area’s responsibility and occasionally, will require overnight stays supporting other areas within the DIO Central Region. Desirable Experience & SkillsMembership: Membership of an appropriate engineering institution with Engineering council recogniti