OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with a turnover of £2bn and 50,000+ colleagues. We deliver innovative, award-winning services to the public and private sectors and our mission is to make people and places the best that they can be.

This role sits within our Projects division who provide services to a wide range of prestigious clients.

Why Veterans Thrive at OCS

We value the leadership, discipline and technical skills that military service instills. OCS has an ambition to become an 'Employer of choice' in our sector and are proud to invest in our colleague's personal and professional development. We provide opportunities to gain qualifications through funded development programmes that will complement your military experience while helping you transition to civilian career success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical - Ensuring that projects are delivered to the correct specifications and required quality/industry standards - skills directly transferable from military technical roles.
• People Management - Leading and motivating the team in accordance with AMK personnel policies and procedures - utilize the leadership skills you developed in service.
• Project Management / Planning & Organisation – Ensure effective communication with the operations & commercial team; planning work in an effective and efficient way, monitoring and reviewing project progress & delivery - similar to mission planning and execution.
• Commercial - Managing project specific costs to meet the budget and programme. Producing accurate commercial forecasts with commercial team for monthly review.
• Resource Management – Effectively managing materials, labour resource, staff, supply chain partners to ensure efficient project delivery - comparable to military logistics management.
• Health & Safety – Create and maintain a positive safety culture, leading by example, ensuring that all health, safety and environmental processes and procedures are followed - building on the safety discipline foundational to military operations.

Qualifications & Experience:
Experience of successfully managing multi-discipline projects (military project management experience highly relevant)
Mechanical background 
PC literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft office
Full driving licence

Our 120,000 colleagues are on a mission to make people and places the best they can be by delivering innovative and award-winning facilities services, including cleaning, catering, hard services, pest control, security and facilities management. We're responsible for delivering the best experiences, practices, productivity, resilience and outcomes - taking care of the details, day in and day out, with discipline, consistency, and a non-acceptance of anything other than our best effort.