Group Leader - Operations Control

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?
Group Leader - Operations Control
AWE is recruiting for a Group Leader within a large manufacturing Technology Centre, accountable for the business management and total integration of Operations and Capital Investment to ensure capability availability for UK’s national deterrence mission.
Closing date: 25th June 2024
Location: Reading/Basingstoke area
Salary: £Negotiable
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)
• 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
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Agree a programme of work with internal and external customers, and ensure that priorities are agreed, planned, and resourced accordingly.
• Lead the Operations Control Team to manage and control the order book, all materials, plans and schedules, and financial budgets and reports.
• Ensure that a Single Order Book is maintained which is resourced, costed and deliverable.
• Establishment of budgets to meet the running of the Tech Centre and to maintain investment in the capability.
• Engaging, motivating, leading coaching, and developing leaders and team members and holding them to account.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.
• Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements, with appointees listed within the Company Design Authorities and Technical Authorities, as held in the company management system.

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