Location: Overseas Defence operation in Europe
Working pattern: Onsite full-time
Package: Competitive base salary, free accommodation, subsistence allowance, overseas allowance, return travel to the UK
Contract: Fixed Term 18 months

Mitie is looking for an experienced Defence Estate Operations Manager to lead facilities management and infrastructure support within a complex overseas Defence environment.

You will lead a small specialist maintenance team, act as Mitie's senior operational representative and build trusted relationships with authorised Defence stakeholders. Your decisions will help keep essential facilities safe, compliant and operational.

This opportunity will suit an accomplished leader who can manage competing priorities, work with autonomy and maintain standards in a controlled and changing environment.

What you'll do

• Lead mobilisation and ongoing delivery of facilities management and maintenance services.
• Manage, support and set clear standards for a small multi-skilled maintenance team.
• Act as the principal operational contact for authorised Defence and Mitie stakeholders.
• Prioritise planned, reactive and minor works according to operational need.
• Maintain statutory compliance, asset availability and service continuity.
• Monitor operational, workforce, supply chain, security and mobilisation risks.
• Coordinate approved personnel, equipment, accommodation and logistics dependencies.
• Provide clear performance, risk, resource and commercial reporting.
• Resolve issues promptly and escalate through the correct routes.
• Support team welfare, rotation planning, conduct and performance.

What you'll bring

• Significant experience leading FM, engineering, infrastructure, maintenance or technical service delivery.
• Strong knowledge of planned and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance and asset management.
• Experience managing teams in a regulated, remote, secure or high dependency environment.
• Proven people leadership, including welfare, performance, absence and conduct.
• Sound judgement and the ability to make proportionate decisions within defined authority.
• Credibility with senior clients, operational stakeholders, suppliers and internal leaders.
• Strong reporting, briefing and stakeholder communication skills.
• Commercial awareness across cost, risk, resource and contract performance.

Useful additional experience

• Defence FM or secure estate operations.
• Military engineering, logistics, infrastructure or operational support experience.
• Overseas mobilisation, remote-site or rotational workforce management.
• Critical infrastructure, utilities or high compliance service delivery.
• Relevant health and safety or technical management qualifications.
• Polish-language capability or experience working with Polish stakeholders.

Package

• A senior onsite role with critical operational responsibility.
• Provided accommodation
• Competitive base salary
• Overseas allowance
• Return travel to the UK
• Pre-deployment preparation and ongoing welfare support.

Security and deployment requirements

Appointment is subject to the requirements confirmed for this contract. These includes eligibility to obtain and maintain the required level of UK Government security clearance, identity and RTW checks, medical and dental assessment, role specific mobilisation checks, and compliance with local access, conduct, security and information handling requirements. Mitie cannot guarantee that an individual will receive or retain security clearance.

How to apply

Submit your application with clear evidence of your relevant experience, qualifications, and the scale of responsibility you have held. We will explain the assessment, vetting, and deployment stages as your application progresses.