Facilities Supervisor Apprenticeship (level 3)

• Are you interested in pursuing a career in facilities?
• Do you become part of the support behind the science helping our science and technology areas delivering research protecting the nation?

If so, our Level 3 Facilities Manager (FM) Supervisor Apprenticeship is for you.

Join Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to start your career in facilities management. Becoming part of Estates you will be involved in providing essential support in the planning and delivery of an extensive maintenance programme.

Your apprenticeship in FM will see you develop skills in contract management, maintenance of workplaces and auditing (to name a few!).

This opportunity will see you share our values collaboration, innovation and impact which are at the heart of everything we do. You will appreciate and advocate the need for safety whilst completing your tasks actively supporting and adhering to our high safety culture.

Your current situation?

You may be finishing college, leaving the armed forces, looking for a career change or not enjoying your current studies. No matter what your current situation is, if you over 18 years old you can become our Facilities Supervisor apprentice starting in September 2024.

What’s next?

After you have successful completed and demonstrated a positive work ethic, your continuous development will be supported with the Level 4 Facilities Management Apprenticeship.

In this role you will:

• Minimise risks to ensure safe working areas
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Assist with the completion of audits and workplace inspections to ensure facilities are safe, compliant and that our Estates Service Provider is delivering to contractual requirements
• Learn the impact FM has on the environment, quality management, survey & benchmarking techniques as well as the principles of contract management
• Use safe working practices ensuring that you and your colleagues report on any unsafe practices, no matter how big or small. You will, follow safety guidelines, respecting and contributing to a strong Dstl safety culture.

Find out more in the full job profile attached on CS Jobs!

We are looking for someone who has:

• A genuine interest in facilities maintenance and management
• A pro-active and can-do attitude to completing tasks

You will possess these essential skills:

• Effective communication; both verbally and written
• Good attention to detail
• The ability to work to deadlines and balance multiple priorities

You may also have these desirable skills:

• Awareness of construction design and management regulations
• Knowledge or experience in auditing

If you don’t meet all the desirable skills, which include hobbies – you are still encouraged to apply!

Important Information

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

 This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. You must be 18 in September 2024 to undertake this apprenticeship.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Working Together

Benefits 

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).

• Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.

• Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.

• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.

• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.

• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.

Job contact :

• Name : Dstl Recruitment Team
• Email : dstlrecruitmnet@dstl.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk