Head of Site

Head of Site

Location:

Gloucester, GB, GL20 8LZ

Onsite or Hybrid:
On Site

Job Title:

Head of Site

Location:

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

Compensation:
Up to £75,000 dependent on experience plus benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Lead a high‑performing team driving operational excellence for the British Army.

The role:

As a Head of Site, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a pivotal leadership role at one of our key operational locations, ensuring our teams deliver outstanding support to the British Army through world‑class maintenance, repair and overhaul services. This is a chance to shape a high‑performance culture, bring multiple teams together under a unified operational vision, and influence the delivery of vehicle equipment outputs that directly enable national defence capability.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Lead, motivate and develop large operational teams to achieve People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cash and Cost (PSQDCC) targets.
• Provide cohesive and visible leadership to integrate functions into a unified Operational Management team.
• Oversee the delivery of production outputs for Army vehicle equipment across internal and external partners.
• Build a strong, positive, high‑performance culture aligned to the Babcock Principles.
• Strengthen stakeholder relationships, ensuring effective collaboration with customers and partners.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Ashchurch.

• Leading large teams in a complex operational environment.
• Strong knowledge of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) business models, processes and performance delivery.
• Proven experience managing customer relationships across multi‑stakeholder settings.
• Exceptional leadership capability with financial, commercial and performance management expertise.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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

The successful candidate must achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role. Many positions are subject to national security clearance and trade control restrictions, which may affect eligibility based on birthplace, nationality, citizenship or residency. Further details are available in the UK Security Vetting: clearance levels.

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of professional fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑day special paid leave.
• Holiday trading benefit allowing employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave (open February to March annually).
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enabling employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year to volunteer with their chosen organization or registered charity.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email car with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.