Facility Manager

Job Title: Facility Manager
Location: Remote Overseas Opportunity
Compensation: Competitive + Free Accommodation + No Bills + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF

Exciting opportunity to work overseas with a Leading Defence & Security Partner.

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 Facilities Manager at our remote overseas facility, supporting a strategic defence and security partnership.


The role

As our Facility Manager, you’ll have a role that out of the ordinary. You\'ll take on a unique and rewarding role in a remote overseas location—where rent-free living is just one of the perks. We’re seeking an energetic, self-motivated professional to oversee the maintenance and daily operations of buildings and systems, ensuring everything runs seamlessly.

Day-to-day, you’ll balance hands-on tasks with management responsibilities, ensuring the smooth operation of facilities. You’ll work closely with multi-discipline engineers, subject matter experts, and directly with the customer to support ongoing operations. You may also be involved in build and installation projects as needed. This is a rare opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary international team, contributing to exciting new initiatives within a rapidly growing organisation.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at our remote overseas location.

Essential experience of the Facility Manager

  • Proven experience in a similar role
  • Facility/operations management experience
  • Experience in reading and understanding electrical and mechanical drawings
  • Experience managing sub-contractors
  • Experience of creating and implementing processes and driving continual improvement activities

    • Qualifications for the Facility Manager

  • Engineering qualification or demonstrable experience in relevant roles
  • IOSH Managing safely would be advantageous

    • Security Clearance
    The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role.

    Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at

    What We Offer

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
  • ‘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
  • Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
    • Salary: GBP 36000 - 60000 per year
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