SDA Operations Manager
UK Ministry of Defence
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Helensburgh
Contract type: Full time
HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute G84 0EH
Job Summary
The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) is a part of the Ministry of Defence responsible for the procurement, in-service support, and disposal of the UK’s nuclear submarines. Our work is of unparalleled strategic importance nationally and internationally, ensuring the security of the UK’s continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent, and delivering some of the most technically complex programmes in defence.
Here you’ll find a community to belong to – whether that’s alongside project teams with a shared vision or as part of an employee network of like-minded individuals. We believe that, by celebrating different backgrounds and perspectives, together we’ll achieve the extraordinary.
Discover More About Our Work:
We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of around 28.97%, to help make work for you.
Nationality, visas, and vetting: For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A ‘sole UK national’ refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country.
We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship.
This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you’ve been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.
Job Description
Are you passionate about submarines? We are seeking an enthusiastic entry level Operations Manager to join our team!
At the SDA, our mission is crucial to delivering the United Kingdom’s submarine capability and ensuring the Royal Navy is equipped with cutting-edge, life-saving tools and battle-winning capabilities to tackle any challenge, now and in the future.
In this role, you will contribute to the delivery and support of Supplier Management, providing crucial data to stakeholders to support their decision-making. You will work collaboratively within a large team to ensure the timely delivery of outputs for our front-line customers. This fast-paced role involves significant customer engagement, allowing you to gain experience and skills in stakeholder management and both written and verbal communication.
You will assist in delivering in-service support to ensure the customer’s capability, equipment, or service continues to meet availability, reliability, sustainability, and safety requirements. You will ensure compliance with relevant legislation, statutory regulations, MoD policies and standards, and SDA Business Management System processes.
You will be supported by line managers and can develop your career within the SDA and the wider organisation through formal training and on-the-job learning.
In return, we offer great benefits, including a market-leading employer pension contribution, performance-based bonuses, and a flexible working environment. We also have a wide range of staff networks where you can meet new people, share perspectives, and celebrate differences. When you join us, you’ll be joining a real community.
At the SDA, we champion flexible ways of working. On our Faslane site regular in-person attendance is required at least 4 days per week to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance.
Due to security requirements, this post is reserved for Sole UK Nationals only.
What You’ll Be Doing
At the SDA, our mission is crucial to delivering the United Kingdom’s submarine capability and ensuring the Royal Navy is equipped with cutting-edge, life-saving tools and battle-winning capabilities to tackle any challenge, now and in the future.
In this role, you will contribute to the delivery and support of Supplier Management, providing crucial data to stakeholders to support their decision-making. You will work collaboratively within a large team to ensure the timely delivery of outputs for our front-line customers. This fast-paced role involves significant customer engagement, allowing you to gain experience and skills in stakeholder management and both written and verbal communication.
You will assist in delivering in-service support to ensure the customer’s capability, equipment, or service continues to meet availability, reliability, sustainability, and safety requirements. You will ensure compliance with relevant legislation, statutory regulations, MoD policies and standards, and SDA Business Management System processes.
You will be supported by line managers and can develop your career within the SDA and the wider organisation through formal training and on-the-job learning.
In return, we offer great benefits, including a market-leading employer pension contribution, performance-based bonuses, and a flexible working environment. We also have a wide range of staff networks where you can meet new people, share perspectives, and celebrate differences. When you join us, you’ll be joining a real community.
At the SDA, we champion flexible ways of working. On our Faslane site regular in-person attendance is required at least 4 days per week to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance.
Due to security requirements, this post is reserved for Sole UK Nationals only.
What You’ll Be Doing
To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:
Further Information
Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
https://emvz.fa.em1.ukg.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/des-jobs/job/2153/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share
Job Summary
The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) is a part of the Ministry of Defence responsible for the procurement, in-service support, and disposal of the UK’s nuclear submarines. Our work is of unparalleled strategic importance nationally and internationally, ensuring the security of the UK’s continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent, and delivering some of the most technically complex programmes in defence.
Here you’ll find a community to belong to – whether that’s alongside project teams with a shared vision or as part of an employee network of like-minded individuals. We believe that, by celebrating different backgrounds and perspectives, together we’ll achieve the extraordinary.
Discover More About Our Work:
We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of around 28.97%, to help make work for you.
Nationality, visas, and vetting: For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A ‘sole UK national’ refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country.
We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship.
This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you’ve been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.
Job Description
Are you passionate about submarines? We are seeking an enthusiastic entry level Operations Manager to join our team!
At the SDA, our mission is crucial to delivering the United Kingdom’s submarine capability and ensuring the Royal Navy is equipped with cutting-edge, life-saving tools and battle-winning capabilities to tackle any challenge, now and in the future.
In this role, you will contribute to the delivery and support of Supplier Management, providing crucial data to stakeholders to support their decision-making. You will work collaboratively within a large team to ensure the timely delivery of outputs for our front-line customers. This fast-paced role involves significant customer engagement, allowing you to gain experience and skills in stakeholder management and both written and verbal communication.
You will assist in delivering in-service support to ensure the customer’s capability, equipment, or service continues to meet availability, reliability, sustainability, and safety requirements. You will ensure compliance with relevant legislation, statutory regulations, MoD policies and standards, and SDA Business Management System processes.
You will be supported by line managers and can develop your career within the SDA and the wider organisation through formal training and on-the-job learning.
In return, we offer great benefits, including a market-leading employer pension contribution, performance-based bonuses, and a flexible working environment. We also have a wide range of staff networks where you can meet new people, share perspectives, and celebrate differences. When you join us, you’ll be joining a real community.
At the SDA, we champion flexible ways of working. On our Faslane site regular in-person attendance is required at least 4 days per week to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance.
Due to security requirements, this post is reserved for Sole UK Nationals only.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Assisting with the day-to-day management of the delivery of in-service support within area of responsibility, according to the customer requirements, delivery plan, support solution, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), governance and reporting requirements.
- Assisting with the monitoring and analysing data to track that customer KPIs are met, supports the interpretation of data and management information to identify trends, risks and issues, and aids performance report collation as required.
- Assisting with the management of risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies and communicating changes to stakeholders.
- Ensuring compliance with the Defence Logistics Framework and on other Ministry of Defence regulations.
- Utilising Ministry of Defence Logistics Information Systems to provide data on request.
- Engaging with internal and external stakeholders as required on matters related to stores availability to customers.
- Producing stock data to enable customers and stakeholders to plan essential maintenance of submarines.
At the SDA, our mission is crucial to delivering the United Kingdom’s submarine capability and ensuring the Royal Navy is equipped with cutting-edge, life-saving tools and battle-winning capabilities to tackle any challenge, now and in the future.
In this role, you will contribute to the delivery and support of Supplier Management, providing crucial data to stakeholders to support their decision-making. You will work collaboratively within a large team to ensure the timely delivery of outputs for our front-line customers. This fast-paced role involves significant customer engagement, allowing you to gain experience and skills in stakeholder management and both written and verbal communication.
You will assist in delivering in-service support to ensure the customer’s capability, equipment, or service continues to meet availability, reliability, sustainability, and safety requirements. You will ensure compliance with relevant legislation, statutory regulations, MoD policies and standards, and SDA Business Management System processes.
You will be supported by line managers and can develop your career within the SDA and the wider organisation through formal training and on-the-job learning.
In return, we offer great benefits, including a market-leading employer pension contribution, performance-based bonuses, and a flexible working environment. We also have a wide range of staff networks where you can meet new people, share perspectives, and celebrate differences. When you join us, you’ll be joining a real community.
At the SDA, we champion flexible ways of working. On our Faslane site regular in-person attendance is required at least 4 days per week to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance.
Due to security requirements, this post is reserved for Sole UK Nationals only.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Assisting with the day-to-day management of the delivery of in-service support within area of responsibility, according to the customer requirements, delivery plan, support solution, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), governance and reporting requirements.
- Assisting with the monitoring and analysing data to track that customer KPIs are met, supports the interpretation of data and management information to identify trends, risks and issues, and aids performance report collation as required.
- Assisting with the management of risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies and communicating changes to stakeholders.
- Ensuring compliance with the Defence Logistics Framework and on other Ministry of Defence regulations.
- Utilising Ministry of Defence Logistics Information Systems to provide data on request.
- Engaging with internal and external stakeholders as required on matters related to stores availability to customers.
- Producing stock data to enable customers and stakeholders to plan essential maintenance of submarines.
To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:
- Experience of stakeholder engagement and delivering customer service
- Evidence of working collaboratively in teams
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams)
- Demonstrable ability to review and interpret data
- Stakeholder Management - Awareness level
- Service Delivery Management - Awareness level
- Communicating and Influencing - CSBC2
- Delivering at Pace – CSBC2
- 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
- Flexible and hybrid working options
- Market-leading average employer pension contribution of 28.97%
- Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
- Access to specialist training and funded qualifications
- Support for progression
- Huge range of discounts
- Volunteering days
- Enhanced parental leave schemes
Further Information
- Candidate Information Pack: http://bit.ly/SDA--Candidate-Information-Pack
- Terms and Conditions: https://bit.ly/DES-SDA-Terms-and-Conditions
Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:
- Pre-sift - We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
- Sift - Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills. Please follow our guidance on CV writing for best chance of success.
- Interview - If you're invited to interview, you'll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
- Name : Gary Roberts
- Email : [email protected]
- Email : [email protected]
https://emvz.fa.em1.ukg.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/des-jobs/job/2153/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share
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