HMNB Clyde both Faslance and Coulport
HMNB Clyde will be the single operational home of the Submarine Service and will become the United Kingdom’s Submarine Centre of Excellence. Creating this single integrated operating base is to ensure that the Royal Navy can deliver its operational commitments across all Defence Lines of Development from Scotland on an enduring basis.
To support this transition and future operations, HMNB Clyde is undergoing a high value programme of infrastructure development (>£1Bn over the next decade.) The Project Delivery Sponsor role is part of a small Navy Command team supporting delivery of the Clyde Infrastructure Programme and Major Projects Programme delivering the infrastructure solutions to develop HMNB Clyde as the Submarine Centre of Specialisation.
This presents an excellent opportunity for commencing and developing an exciting and challenging career within the Civil Service and across a broad range of functions and numerous skill sets in direct support of output delivery.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Responsible to the Project Delivery Sponsor 2.2 and the Assistant Head of Infrastructure for the management and delivery of allocated infrastructure programmes and projects in accordance with Nuclear Authorisation Conditions (ACs) at HMNB Clyde. The Delivery Sponsor is the NBC Clyde interface and intelligent customer for allocated projects supporting the management and integration of the infrastructure delivery and collaborative engagement with all HMNB Clyde’s infrastructure delivery partners (including DIO and their Industry Partners).
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria:
The successful applicant may also be able to demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
Preferably Driving License
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
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