Assistant Facilities Manager

About this role

Date Posted

2026-08-06

Country

United Kingdom

Position Role Type

Onsite

Job Description

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Role

01859887 Assistant Facilities Manager

Function

Facilities

Security

Clearance Required: Baseline & SC

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Duration

Permanent

Hours

37hrs plus flexibility for call outs outside of standard hours

Key Skills & Experience

See job description below for further details. Key skills include facilities, electronics/electrical engineering, building maintenance, health & safety, asset management. Project Management and Computer Drawing Tools e.g. CAD also preferred.

Benefits

Benefits and Work Culture

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.

About Raytheon UK

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

• Accountable for the completion of standard or non-standard tasks, within the scope of the function
• Delivers activities to support operational objectives for their role
• Inputs to planning activities with horizons of typically up to 6 months
• Makes decisions within parameters set by manager, using job/specialist experience
• Interacts with client or users around specific work efforts and deliverables
• Supports delivery of Health and Safety policy and standards
• Supervises the activities of service partners to meet deadlines and quality standards taking account of impact outside area of responsibility

Skills And Experience

• Working knowledge of one functional area through job experience & training
• Have achieved an HND or HNC as a minimum in an Engineering discipline
• Experience of supporting a business contract and/or providing support to a professional function
• Have a sound working knowledge of all UK facilities biased statute
• Member of a relevant recognised Industry professional body (e.g. IWFM, CIBSE etc) although not essential.

Desired Qualifications

• Have a working knowledge of automated drawing software packages / Computed Aided Design
• Have a working knowledge of project management scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project
• Have a working understanding of Asset Management / Protection.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the operational management of Livingston.
• Deliver all facilities management and project services on site.
• Manage Facilities function interface with other business functions for Livingston.
• Manage day to day running of site.
• Manage the activities of the site Facilities team.
• Ensure performance of the department meets service requirements and strives for continual improvement.
• Support delivery of Health and Safety policy and standards
• Support delivery of Environmental policy and standards
• Support delivery of corporate policy and standards
• Support customer and company audits ensuring optimum results are achieved
• Manage Financial Accountabilities – Facilities cost centre budget, Facilities AR budget and Functional project and AR budgets for both sites.
• Accountable for the completion of standard or non-standard tasks, within the scope of the function
• Delivers activities to support operational objectives for their role Inputs to planning activities with horizons of typically up to 6 months
• Makes decisions within parameters set by manager, using job/specialist experience
• Interacts with client or users around specific work efforts and deliverables
• Supports delivery of Health and Safety policy and standards
• Supervises the activities of service partners to meet deadlines and quality standards taking account of impact outside area of responsibility

RTX

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We’re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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