Through Life Support Lead

About the job

Job Title: Through Life Support Lead
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56212

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Through Life Support Lead at our Hawthorn site.

The role
As a Through Life Support Lead, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. We're looking for a dynamic and inspirational leader to make a real impact on our Skynet Programme which is managed within the supportability discipline in Mission Systems, during a busy period of transition.

Day to day, you'll Primarily be working on the Skynet Programme. Your role will offer a high level of autonomy to design and deliver effective support solutions and implement continuous improvements.

Work with key stakeholders in business development, engineering, customers and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to ensure overall future innovation and product implementation is harmonised.

• Manage the team undertaking preventative and corrective maintenance on the satellite ground stations and all satellite terminals and ground infrastructure such that agreed levels of terminal availability are maintained.
• Provide 24/7/365 telephone and worldwide field support to all ensure that system availability meets requirements.
• Maintain a highly effective customer service culture for the technical maintenance and support team.
• Preparation and effective control of the TLS (Through Life Support) budget.
• Manage quality, quantity, cost and efficiency of the M and S (Maintenance and Support) on a per service basis.

This role is full time, 37 hours based on site at Hawthorn with hybrid working from home arrangements.

Essential experience of the Through Life Support Lead:

• Leadership and management experience of multi-disciplined teams.
• Demonstrable experience of maintenance and repair of complex systems and/or Engineering Degree.
• Change management and continuous improvement.

We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 14/03/2024