Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager, based at Yeovilton (Fleet Air Arm Museum) with very occasional travel to other NMRN locations.

Salary:  £27,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

37.5 hours per week, permanent.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is recruiting for a full-time Facilities Manager at the Fleet Air Arm Museum - working with and closely supporting the Heritage and Visitor Experience teams’ onsite as well as the local site management team.

This is an exciting role reporting to the General Manager and will play a key role in supporting the NMRN’s vision to become the world’s most inspiring Naval Museum. The Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset is Europe's largest naval aviation collection of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, the flying arm of the Royal Navy.

This role will be focused on ensuring a fun, safe and effective environment for our visitors, staff and volunteers. The work will be varied, ranging from managing our contractors, to attending to building and facilities breakdowns and carrying out minor repairs and maintenance duties.

Key Opportunities

• Develop and implement a program of planned maintenance to ensure the site remains safe, inspiring and enjoyable for our visitor’s staff and volunteers.

• Manage relationships and service agreements with Contractors.

• To use those ‘hands on’ skills to maintain our buildings and systems.              

Knowledge/Experience

The ideal candidate will be equally comfortable managing maintenance programmes, contractors and service agreement relationships, but also competent delivering ‘hands on’ minor repairs and maintenance.

Applicants should have recent work experience in the building/general maintenance sector, both theory and practical. Those with an electrical background preferred but not essential.

The candidate must be capable to act as the site Building Recovery Manager and take appropriate responsibility in the event of an Emergency or Incident at the Museum.

A flexible approach to work is needed as this post works on a 7-day rota which will include working occasional weekends and responding to out of hours callouts as appropriate.

For further details, or an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Marc Farrance, Museum General Manager on 01935 840565 ext. 2202. Alternatively email marc.farrance@nmrn.org.uk

The role profile can be viewed at www.NMRN.org.uk/jobs or by emailing recruitment@NMRN.org.uk

Applicants are asked to submit a CV and a statement indicating how their experience and qualifications match those specified.   Applications should be forwarded to the HR Team at recruitment@nmrn.org.uk and are required by 12 pm on 15^th February 2019. 

Interviews will be held Thursday 21^st February 2019 at Yeovilton.