Our Client and the Role:

Our Client is a multi- national food logistics and facilities provider. Founded in 1957 its headquarters are in Europe and are renowned as a market leader and an innovative distributor of wholesale food products and food logistics concepts. They are experts in the handling of customs procedures, cross border transactions and dealing with local cultures, languages and bureaucracy.

They distribute food products across all temperature spans including fresh produce and also deliver soft drinks and bottled water. They have sites in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Near Asia, a fleet of 40 foot multi : temperature trucks and vans delivering to sites on a daily basis, many of which are difficult to reach or in dangerous areas!

Over the years the business has developed from food logistics to include the provision of other complex service solutions. They now provide extensive catering operations- both military feeding and commercial catering and have an expanding Retail Division which includes bakeries, coffee shops, hairdressing and beautician salons and PX / Duty Free retail stores which sell groceries, electrical and other duty free items etc. They also have a Site Services Division which provides construction of buildings and offices, general facilities management, fuel management, vehicle and plant maintenance services.

The Role:
Our Client has a won a major new contract and is now wishing to strengthen the management team of its Site Services Division.

You will assist the Operations Controller : Site Services Division. The role is broad in scope encompassing all aspects of camp services across a number of military camp sites. This will include fuel management, general maintenance, vehicle and plant maintenance and construction.

The role will require extensive travel to our client?s camp sites which are located in post conflict areas e.g. Afghanistan etc.

Key Tasks:
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§ Provide updates and progress reports on assigned projects.

§ Co-coordinating of tasking within our client?s Site Services Division

§ Liaison with our clients other Business Units

§ Ensure correct prioritization of workloads.

§ Deputise for the Operations Controller in their absence

§ Oversee personal administration.

§ Plan rotations / deployments

§ Oversee all security related issues

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Knowledge and Skills:
The successful candidate is likely to be an accomplished Camp Manager or a Facilities / Maintenance Manager with experience of working in an FM, engineering or maintenance department involving a diverse range of plant with experience of supervising or managing a maintenance team.
Within your career you should have gained knowledge and experience with electrical, mechanical, refrigeration, and hydraulic maintenance.
Knowledge of water treatment plants would be ideal.

Experience of working in a military environment or for a leading international facilities management provider would be ideal, as would experience of working in post conflict areas, remote sites, on oil rigs or in other arduous environments.
You will need to be PC / IT literate in Ms Office/Word/Excel/Ms Project or similar and be systems orientated with cost and budgetary experience.

You should possess excellent communication skills in English and ideally one other language and be able to adapt to rapid changes in a positive manner and work to tight deadlines.

Superb inter-personal skills and instant credibility are essential as you will be inter-facing with a number of people from different backgrounds, nationalities and religions.

You will be resourceful with a flexible outlook, have the ability to multi-task in order to handle competing priorities and be able to fit in to an international dynamic and multi-cultural environment.

Finally you should possess a Drivers Licence.

This is an outstanding challenge within the vibrant state of the UAE for an accomplished Facilities Management / Camp Services specialist looking for something different.

The basic salary is paid in AED and is tax free. In addition there is a bonus payable after 12 month?s service which is paid annually and is also paid in AED and tax free.

This position brings with it fantastic scope and the right candidate would be expected to be capable of significant personal development and career growth within the business

You will receive 25 days annual leave per year and will be entitled to 1 paid return economy flight per year.
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