Estate Strategy & Planning Specialist

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
Estate Strategy and Planning Specialist
Salary - £47,180 - £61,330 (Depending on experience and suitability for the role)
Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area
Closing date - 28th June 2024
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)
  
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle.
  
• 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.
  

As an Estate Strategy and Planning Specialist you will support the development of site infrastructure investment and renewal business cases. You will be part of a diverse team who are accountable for the long-term capital plan and the prioritisation of this work against the demands of the AWE programme. This specific role directly supports the provision of enabling works and Utilities provision in the delivery of a new major capital programme of works at the AWE site at Aldermaston.
Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinate artefacts required to support investment decisions and support investment governance approvals.
  
• Lead the requirements capture for specific areas of capital estate infrastructure, including identification of interfaces into wider estate and provide oversight for options appraisal.
  
• Provide support to individual renewal and/or investment proposals as directed by the Estate Leads
  
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a team player.
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Support Estate Leads to develop investment and renewals programme and supporting plans.
  
• Provide business case, problem statements, requirements, options, and investments appraisal artefacts.
  
• Perform data analysis of estate costs (operational and capital) and performance to support investment decisions.
  
• Provide Strategy and Planning reports as required.
  
• Undertake in depth reviews of business data to assist Estate Manager decision making (e.g. balance of investment).
  
• Act as the coordinating interface for capital delivery projects on behalf of the estate lead with the wider estate management (Utilities, Liabilities, emergency services etc)
  
• Represent the AWE estate in Capital Project Optioneering meetings and scope generation for configuration control of interface alignment with the wider estate.
  
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.
  

Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• HNC or equivalent in Engineering/Science/business/commercial discipline
  
• Association of Project Management Project Management Qualification (APMPMQ).
  
• Strong Leadership skills driving high performance. Ability to identify problems, evaluate options and execute solutions.
  
• Corporate Strategy and business planning experience
  
• Experience in leading, motivating a cross functional group / team to achieve a set goal.
  
• Proven track record managing plans in complex investment environment.
  
• knowledge of legislation and its application in Asset Operations
  

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas.
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Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.
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