Workplace Manager

The Role

As a Workplace Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring workplaces across the QinetiQ estate are effectively supported, efficient and equipped ready to support the growing onsite presence of our staff. Acting as the operational link between Real Estate, Facilities Management and Operations, Heads of Site, Project Delivery, HSE, IT/OT, and business/programme stakeholders, the Workplace Manager needs to foster cross functional collaboration aligning the workplace environment with corporate and departmental objectives, user requirements and evolving ways of working.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead on coordinating workplace change (moves, reconfigurations, refurbishments), and drive space optimisation, resilience, service quality and sustainability within mixed use office environments ranging from open plan collaboration spaces, meeting rooms and lab environments.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the day-to-day management of workplace environments ensuring they are safe, compliant, and operating efficiently
• Maintaining a consistent standard of service delivery across all sites, ensuring workplace issues are resolved promptly and effectively
• Implementing workplace strategies that support organisational goals, new ways of working, and employee experience
• Analysing occupancy and utilisation data to recommend improvements, optimise space, and drive cost effective estate decisions
• Acting as the central point of contact for business leaders, Estates Strategy, Facilities Operations, HR, IT, and other partners
• Ensuring all workplace environments comply with statutory, regulatory, and internal standards

Essential experience of the Workplace Manager:

• Proven experience in workplace management, facilities management, estates operations, or a similar environment-focused role
• Demonstrable experience in delivering workplace change initiatives (e.g., relocations, reconfigurations, refurbishments)
• Experience analysing workplace, utilisation, or performance data to inform decision-making.
• Strong track record of engaging with stakeholders across multiple business functions
• Ability to drive supplier accountability and continuous improvement
• Strong awareness of statutory and regulatory workplace requirements

Essential qualifications for the Workplace Manager:

• Accreditation in, or strong working knowledge of, workplace health, safety, and compliance requirements. Ideally NEBOSH or IOSH
• Project management experience, ideally with a formal qualification (e.g., PRINCE2, APM) considered beneficial but not essential
• Professional qualifications in workplace, FM, or estates management are desirable (e.g., IWFM)

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week. Travel to other QinetiQ and customer sites will be expected.

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

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