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Craft Fitter Location: Coulport - 20 minutes North of Helensburgh (Scotland) Package: Starting from 39,995 - There is an opportunity to increase your earnings by working overtime and shifts, for which excellent enhanced rates are paid. Working pattern: Core working hours of 07:15 to 16:45 Monday to Thursday (Due to the nature of the role, there are times when you will be required to work 13-hour shifts (for which you will be paid competitive overtime rates) This will include some Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and may include night shifts (for which additional payment is made). It is therefore essential that you are flexible on working hours. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? AWE is currently recruiting for Craft Fitters to carry out mechanical/electrical handling operations within required work areas. As a Craft Fitter, you will ensure that all processing and handling operations are completed within programme restrictions and to approved operating procedures, safety cases and legislative requirements by adherence to the regulations laid down in Procedural Guides, Work Instructions, and Safe Systems of work relevant to the work area and identify any areas of concern or serious shortcomings which affect operations to Line Manager. Key Responsibilities: Perform all processing and handling operations as necessary to meet outputs. Support processing activities which may include: Reading and controlling the process and ensuring no deviations from approved procedures. Undertaking the mechanical or electrical operations required to complete the process. Assisting the operator to muster and prepares tools, equipment and materials required for the process. Be competent to use a range of equipment, hand tools and machinery. Performs x-ray processing, inspection and maintenance operations. Perform packing / unpacking operations, utilising appropriate lifting equipment, test equipment and extraction equipment. Perform loading and unloading of trailers, using appropriate lifting and crane equipment. Perform crane / slinger duties. Perform LOLER inspection of lifting equipment. Carry out equipment modifications, when required in accordance with approved procedures. Perform Facility Maintenance tasks as required. Attending all periodic mandatory and on-the-job training, as directed. Individuals may be expected to undertake tasks in support of other teams and undertake any other duties deemed to be within the job holder's capability and grade. The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs. Perform additional responsibilities specific to the site, which will be confirmed at the time of appointment. Who are we looking for? We do need you to have the following: A recognised craft-related apprenticeship (mechanical or electrical) or equivalent (SVQ level 3, ONC, City & Guilds etc). Current or previous experience working within a manufacturing or processing environment Conversant in carrying out mechanical fitting or electrical work Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Experience of using cranes is preferable however you must be willing and able to undertake training and certification Good interpersonal and communication skills Experience of working in a Ministry of Defence, Nuclear or Radiological work environment would be desirable. Ability to work well in a team as well as independently and adapting a flexible working approach Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Generous holiday entitlement 266 hours a year (inclusive of Bank Holidays) Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and on-site Occupational Health Services, including access to physiotherapy, GP appointments, counselling support, financial advice etc. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. On site Gym. Assisted Transport Service - subsidised buses onto site . Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring. The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

As part of the Commercial Partnering team, AWE is seeking a Principal Commercial Partner to act as the primary interface between the Commercial function and a Business Unit, Programme, or Enabling Function, providing commercial leadership and guidance throughout business case development, including Make Team Buy inputs, and develops commercial strategies aligned with Category Strategies to secure value, manage risk, and deliver business objectives. Commercial Partnering works closely with Business Units to shape demand at the earliest stages, maintaining an integrated forward pipeline of requirements and ensuring future product and service needs are translated into clear commercial strategies and sourcing requirements. Package: 63,270 to 90,000 (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Visits to Aldermaston and/or Burghfield. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The Principal Commercial Partner will provide leadership, people management and serve as the Commercial function's primary interface with the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function. They will strengthen commercial awareness, position Commercial as a strategic partner and collaborate with stakeholders to develop solutions that inform the commercial strategy delivered by the Commercial Delivery Towers. They will agree demand plans for Commercial and understand & constructively challenge business requirements to ensure effective and often complex commercially viable solutions are implemented. They also play a pivotal role in ensuring that the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function understands the role of Commercial in developing and implementing supply chain solutions which deliver most value for the Business Unit or Programme. The role will report into the Head of Commercial Partnering. Key Accountabilities: Ensures alignment and collaboration between Commercial and the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function to identify the demand plan and drive value for money though effective commercial strategy and prioritisation planning. Ensure an effective handshake between the programme and the Commercial function on the pipeline of activity to be delivered. Leads commercial solutioning for the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function, including Make Team, Buy recommendations, total cost of ownership considerations etc., with early involvement in all key commercial decisions, working closely with the Business Unit or Programme Director and their senior leadership team. Ensures alignment and collaboration between Commercial and the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function to identify the demand plan and drive value for money though effective commercial strategy and prioritisation planning. Ensure an effective handshake between the programme and the Commercial function on the pipeline of activity to be delivered. Leads commercial solutioning for the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function, including Make Team, Buy recommendations, total cost of ownership considerations etc., with early involvement in all key commercial decisions, working closely with the Business Unit or Programme Director and their senior leadership team. Who are we looking for? We are ideally seeking an individual with a high level of commercial acumen, seven to ten years of Commercial and Procurement experience, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management, with excellent stakeholder management skills and a resilient approach to driving change. You should be able to demonstrate an innovative approach to problem solving. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Must have proven professional experience. Track record of developing commercial strategy in highly complex environments. Experience of working in collaboration and influencing senior business stakeholders. Experience of mitigating project risks and issues. Evidence of leading teams in transformational change. Experience and understanding of delivering procurement and contract management strategies. Highly skilled commercial thinker, with high levels of financial literacy, adept at developing and presenting a range of commercial options to address specific business challenges. Articulate and persuasive, with exceptional influencing skills. Able to relay commercial strategy to a non-specialist audience and garner support for difficult or complex commercial decisions. A natural analytical thinker with ability to align business priorities to commercial outcomes. Highly skilled in stakeholder management, with ability to deploy effective tools and strategies to create business alignment and influence decision making. Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities. Natural public speaker, confident in presenting key messages at conferences and symposiums. Capable of working highly collaboratively in cross-functional teams. Ability to work under pressure, with personal resilience to resolve stakeholder conflict and seek collaborative business solutions. Capable of creating project controls environment to ensure activities are delivered to time, cost, and quality. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Senior Supply Chain Development Manager Package: 63,270 to 85,000 (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The Senior Supply Chain Development Manager plays a pivotal role within a newly established Supply Chain Development team, responsible for enabling the Commercial function to deliver a coherent, strategic, and enterprise-wide approach to supply chain development across AWE. The role supports the organisation through a significant period of procurement and tendering activity associated with the replacement warhead programme, ensuring that supply chain capability frameworks are established and embedded across the business. Reporting to the Principal Supply Chain Development Manager, the role is accountable for developing supply chain management frameworks, methodologies, standards, tools, and best practices that strengthen supplier relationships, improve supply chain performance, and position AWE as a Client of Choice. The role also leads the team in advancing sustainability, social value, and supplier inclusion objectives. Key Accountabilities: Accountable for establishing and maintaining a robust supplier governance methodology and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) framework that supports strategic business objectives. Accountable for ensuring consistent supplier segmentation and performance management approaches are adopted across AWE. Accountable for the creation and maintenance of supply chain policies, procedures, standards, tools, and templates. Accountable for driving improvements in supplier relationship maturity and embedding best-practice supplier management principles. Accountable for delivering initiatives that enhance AWE's position as a preferred customer within key supply markets through the Client of Choice strategy. Accountable for the successful planning and delivery of supplier engagement programmes, forums, and communication activities. Accountable for embedding ESG, supplier diversity, SME participation, and social value considerations into supply chain development activities. Accountable for building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring effective collaboration across Commercial, Programme, and Supply Chain communities. Accountable for development of a high performing Supply Chain Development Team. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Must have proven professional experience. Proven experience in developing strategy with specific experience in supply chain development and SRM. Experience in development of SME strategies that work cohesively with wider supply development strategies. Experience of working collaboratively with and influencing senior business stakeholders. Experience designing and implementing supply chain governance frameworks, policies, procedures, and operating models. Experience incorporating sustainability, ESG, social value, supplier diversity, and SME participation objectives into procurement and supply chain strategies. Ability to develop and implement enterprise-wide supply chain frameworks, governance models, and improvement strategies aligned to organisational objectives. Strong ability to build credibility and influence senior leaders, suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to lead supplier engagement initiatives, workshops, forums. Proven capability to design, implement, and embed new processes, methodologies, and ways of working that enhance supply chain performance and organisational maturity. Ability to work effectively in a complex and ambiguous environment. Role model for innovation and continuous improvement. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Laboratory Technician Location: RG7 4PR , located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking . Package: 24,160 - 34,40 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience) Plus, a role specific allowance. Working Pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. For this role, employees are required to work fully onsite. We support flexible working arrangements where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, while maintaining an onsite presence. Please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working pattern as part of your application. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Laboratory Technician to join AWE's Internal Dosimetry Service Team (IDST) . The IDST plays a critical role in dosimetric monitoring and providing key data for dose assessments. Supporting the protection of employees and ensuring compliance with internal, regulatory and statutory requirements. The team delivers specialist expertise in bioassay analysis, showcasing a wide range of operational and programme activities across AWE. Working within a busy and dynamic laboratory environment, you will be responsible for the analysis of biological samples and the delivery of internal dosimetry services using a range of radiochemical, analytical and measurement techniques . You will support the development, validation and continual improvement of laboratory methods and processes , ensuring the generation of high-quality scientific data to meet operational, regulatory and programme requirements. The role combines hands-on laboratory work with routine analytical testing, sample preparation, data analysis, report writing, equipment calibration, laboratory maintenance and the oversight of day-to-day laboratory activities. You will play a key role in supporting worker radiation protection through the safe and effective delivery of analytical services, technical expertise and dose assessment information. Responsibilities include: Performing radiochemical techniques and analytical testing of biological samples in accordance with approved procedures and quality standards. Interpret data and produce high-quality technical reports to support customer and programme requirements. Manage day-to-day laboratory activities, including equipment calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting. Maintain the highest standards of safety, quality and compliance through the use of Safe Systems of Work. Work collaboratively with customers, stakeholders and technical specialists to deliver scientific solutions. Drive continuous improvement in laboratory processes, methods and capabilities. Support the delivery of technical programmes by balancing priorities and meeting challenging timescales. Who are we looking for? We do need you to have the following: Previous experience working within a laboratory, technical or scientific environment. The ability to follow written procedures, work instructions and quality requirements with a high degree of accuracy. Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate records and documentation. Experience of handling samples, operating laboratory equipment or undertaking routine analytical activities. Good organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines. A commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, quality and security in the workplace. The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Strong written and verbal communication skills. A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement. Competent IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Office applications. A willingness to undertake further training and development to achieve and maintain competency status. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Experience working in a radiochemical, analytical, environmental or healthcare laboratory. Knowledge of radiation protection, dosimetry or radiological monitoring principles. Experience using laboratory instrumentation such as liquid scintillation counters, HPLC, ICP instrumentation and alpha spectrometry systems or similar analytical equipment. Understanding of quality management systems, accreditation standards or regulated laboratory environments Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring. The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Principal Commercial Performance, Insights & Reporting Manager Package: 63,270 to 85k (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The Principal Commercial Performance, Insights & Reporting Manager is accountable for leading the development and delivery of strategic commercial insights that drive value, performance and decision-making across Commercial. The role oversees the implementation of performance measurement, key performance indicators and analytics to drive improved commercial outcomes. Providing actionable insight across all aspects of Commercial functional and team performance, underpinned by accurate, actionable data, the role is critical for ensuring Commercial can report and act effectively to support commercial delivery of the AWE mission. This role will report to the Head of Commercial Insights, Process and Systems. Key Accountabilities: Accountable for defining and executing the Commercial performance, insights and reporting strategy, aligned to the Commercial functional strategy. Managing and fostering effective relationships with external governing bodies providing visibility and influence of any change (MOD, DNO, CAB) and identifying opportunities for collaboration across insights and reporting. Leading the team on working with all Commercial teams to build and maintain a fit-for-purpose commercial performance reporting catalogue. Ensuring the team work closely with the Commercial delivery teams and Governance & Assurance team to support in coordinating and reporting of the forward plan and pipeline. Leading the team to provide Commercial insight-led spend data analytics and reporting. Managing the team to ensure Commercial data integrity. Leading the team in providing the Commercial function with commercial insight to inform commercial strategy and decision-making. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Must have proven professional experience. Experience of working in a Procurement / Commercial function. Experience of leading teams of experienced data insights and reporting specialists. Proven track record of designing and managing commercial performance frameworks. Familiarity with commercial governance structures, audit requirements and executive-level reporting requirements. Commercial acumen. Advanced data analysis and storytelling skills. Deep understanding of commercial performance levers. A natural analytical thinker with ability to align business priorities to commercial outcomes. Highly skilled in stakeholder management, with ability to deploy effective tools and strategies to create business alignment and influence decision making. Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Strong leadership skills. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Head of Commercial Performance, Insights, Process & Tools Package: A competitive salary aligned with the seniority and impact of this role Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The Head of Commercial Insights, Process and Tools is accountable for defining and delivering the strategic direction and execution of data analytics, reporting, systems, process and tools management across the Commercial Function. The role leads the development of a data-driven and digitally enabled commercial organisation, providing senior leaders with actionable insights, performance transparency and effective decision-support mechanisms. Acting as the functional owner of commercial processes, systems and tools, the role ensures the commercial function operates efficiently, consistently and in compliance with AWE, government and industry requirements. The postholder will lead multidisciplinary teams responsible for commercial performance and reporting, data and analytics, process excellence, commercial systems requirements and enabling tools. They will work collaboratively with Commercial Leadership, Information Services, Finance, Governance, P3M and external stakeholders to drive continuous improvement, maximise value for money and enable successful delivery of the AWE Business Plan. They will own the commercial processes and tools required to underpin effective commercial delivery, and work across Commercial and IS to drive the digital enablement of our commercial processes through fit for purpose commercial systems. This role will report into the Commercial Enablement Director. Key Accountabilities: Accountable for establishing, measuring and reporting commercial performance against strategic objectives, business milestones and key performance indicators, ensuring visibility of delivery outcomes, risks and opportunities across the Commercial Function Accountable for leveraging commercial data, analytics and market intelligence to provide actionable insights that inform strategic decision-making, business planning and performance improvement. Accountable for the development and execution of Commercial's data strategy, acting as custodian of commercially owned data and ensuring robust governance, quality, accuracy, integrity and compliance. Accountable for the management and reporting of commercial benefits and savings performance, ensuring the function demonstrates value for money and supports broader organisational objectives. Accountable for the ownership, governance and continuous improvement of end-to-end commercial processes across the procurement and contract management lifecycle, including Source-to-Contract (S2C), Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P). Accountable for the commercial systems strategy, roadmap and digital transformation agenda, working collaboratively with Information Services (IS) to ensure systems effectively support business processes and future organisational requirements. Accountable for maintaining commercial standards, templates, processes and tools, ensuring alignment with government requirements, organisational policies and industry best practice. Accountable for leading high-performing teams and developing capability across the Commercial Function. Accountable for maintaining effective relationships with senior stakeholders across AWE, Government, MOD, DNO, DNE and external partners. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations Willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role Must have proven professional experience Senior leadership experience within a Commercial, Procurement, Supply Chain, PMO, Data & Analytics or similar function within a complex, highly regulated organisation Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams across commercial/procurement data, reporting and business process functions Experience owning and improving end-to-end business processes, including standardisation and continuous improvement Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including executive leadership teams, governance bodies and external organisations Significant experience establishing and managing performance reporting environments across large, complex organisations Strong experience of data governance, master data management, data quality improvement and information management frameworks Proven track record of developing and delivering data, reporting and digital transformation strategies that drive measurable business outcomes Strategic leadership with the ability to develop and execute long-term functional strategies aligned to organisational objectives. Strong commercial awareness and understanding of commercial and procurement lifecycles. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and translate it into actionable insights Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage credibly at Executive and Board level. Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to lead digital transformation initiatives and drive implementation and adoption of systems, tools and technologies Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities Strong leadership skills to develop high-performing teams and build organisational capability. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

As part of the Commercial Partnering team, AWE is seeking a Senior Commercial Partner to provide commercial leadership and guidance throughout business case development, including Make Team Buy inputs, and develops commercial strategies aligned with Category Strategies to secure value, manage risk, and deliver business objectives. Commercial Partnering works closely with Business Units to shape demand at the earliest stages, maintaining an integrated forward pipeline of requirements and ensuring future product and service needs are translated into clear commercial strategies and sourcing requirements. Package: 63,270 to 85,000 (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Visits to Aldermaston and/or Burghfield. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? As the Senior Commercial Partner, you to act as a key interface on behalf of the Commercial function within the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function, increasing commercial awareness and ensuring that Commercial plays a strategic role, working collaboratively to develop commercial solutions to inform the commercial strategy which is delivered by the Commercial Delivery Towers. You will agree demand plans for Commercial and understand & constructively challenge business requirements to ensure effective and commercially viable solutions are implemented. You will also play a pivotal role in ensuring that the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function understands the role of Commercial in developing and implementing supply chain solutions which deliver most value for the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function. The role will report into the Head of Commercial Partnering. Key Accountabilities: Ensures alignment and collaboration between Commercial and the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function to identify the demand plan and drive value for money though effective commercial strategy and prioritisation planning. Ensure an effective handshake between the programme and the Commercial function on the pipeline of activity to be delivered. Act as a senior leader in commercial solutioning for the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function, including Make, Team, Buy recommendations, total cost of ownership considerations etc., with early involvement in all key commercial decisions, working closely with the Business Unit or Programme Director and their senior leadership team. Is a "trusted advisor" to the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function, advising on key commercial matters and acting as the interface between Commercial and the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function to ensure priorities are clearly understood, constructively challenged, articulated and met by the Commercial team. Develops mature cross-functional working capabilities which deliver optimal commercial outcomes and strengthen relationships between Commercial and the Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function. Key interface with each Programme Director to understand and manage demand signals into each Business Unit, Programme or Enabling Function and translate into Commercial strategic demands including Make, Team, Buy decisions. Who are we looking for? We are ideally seeking an individual with a high level of commercial acumen, five to seven years of Commercial and Procurement experience, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management, with excellent stakeholder management skills and a resilient approach to driving change. You should be able to demonstrate an innovative approach to problem solving. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Must have proven professional experience. Track record of developing commercial strategy in complex environments. Experience of working in collaboration and influencing business stakeholders. Experience of mitigating project risks and issues. Experience and understanding of delivering procurement and contract management strategies. Skilled commercial thinker, with good levels of financial literacy, adept at developing and presenting a range of commercial options to address specific business challenges. Articulate and persuasive, able to relay commercial strategy to a non-specialist audience and garner support for difficult or complex commercial decisions. A natural analytical thinker with ability to align business priorities to commercial outcomes. Skilled in stakeholder management, with ability to deploy effective tools and strategies to create business alignment and influence decision making. Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities. Capable of working highly collaboratively in cross-functional teams. Ability to work under pressure, with personal resilience to resolve stakeholder conflict and seek collaborative business solutions. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

As part of the Commercial Partnering team, AWE is seeking a Commercial Partnering Specialist to provide commercial leadership and guidance throughout business case development, including Make Team Buy inputs, and develops commercial strategies aligned with Category Strategies to secure value, manage risk, and deliver business objectives. Commercial Partnering works closely with Business Units to shape demand at the earliest stages, maintaining an integrated forward pipeline of requirements and ensuring future product and service needs are translated into clear commercial strategies and sourcing requirements. Package: 37,910 to 50,000 (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Visits to Aldermaston and/or Burghfield. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The Commercial Partnering Specialist supports the Commercial Partnering Team by coordinating and maintaining integrated demand plans across multiple Business Units. The role works closely with Business Unit stakeholders, Commercial delivery teams, and Commercial Partners to ensure current and future demand for commercial support is understood, prioritised, and translated into a forward programme of activity. Key responsibilities include providing demand planning expertise, maintaining visibility of commercial demand, improving planning processes, and enabling effective collaboration between Commercial and the wider organisation to support informed resource allocation and delivery planning. The role reports to the Head of Commercial Partnering. Key Accountabilities: Drive the delivery of accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date demand plans that support commercial planning and operational delivery. Ensuring demand forecasts and pipeline information are captured, validated and maintained in line with agreed governance processes. Providing high-quality management information and analysis to support decision-making by Commercial leadership and Business Unit stakeholders. Supporting alignment between Commercial delivery teams and Business Units through effective planning and stakeholder engagement. Identifying and escalating demand risks, resource pressures, conflicts and dependencies in a timely manner. Enabling identification of opportunities for cross-functional and cross-organisational collaboration that improve commercial efficiency and value. Maintaining a transparent forward view of commercial activity, priorities to support planning of workload across delivery teams. Ensuring planning assumptions, dependencies and key milestones are documented and communicated to relevant stakeholders. Contributing to the continuous improvement of demand planning methodologies, tools, reporting and governance arrangements. Building effective working relationships across Commercial, Business Units and supporting functions to drive a coordinated approach to demand management. Who are we looking for? We are ideally seeking an individual with Commercial acumen, Commercial and Procurement experience, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management, with excellent stakeholder management skills and a resilient approach to driving change. You should be able to demonstrate an innovative approach to problem solving. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Must have proven professional experience. Experience in demand planning, business planning, commercial support, portfolio management, resource planning or a related business coordination role. Experience of gathering, analysing and consolidating information from multiple stakeholders to support planning and decision-making. Experience of working across functional teams and building effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain attention to detail. Strong analytical skills. Ability to facilitate planning discussions, challenge assumptions constructively and support consensus-building across teams. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Nucleonic Instrumentation Service (NIS) Team Leader Location: PO12 2DL, located in Alverstoke (near Lee-On-Solent, Gosport) with free onsite parking . Package: 47,860 - 56,730 (depending on suitability, qualifications and experience) Working Pattern: DRPS operates a 10-day working fortnight . We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. The successful candidate will be required to attend site regularly due to the nature of the role. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? AWE is currently recruiting for a Team Leader within Defence Radiation Protection Services (DRPS) , the trusted partner for high-quality radiation science supporting UK Defence and Security. Based at the Institute of Naval Medicine in Alverstoke, Gosport, the Nucleonic Instrumentation Service (NIS) provides specialist instrumentation, maintenance, calibration, repair and technical support services that underpin Defence radiological monitoring and nuclear emergency response capabilities. The team plays a critical role in maintaining operational readiness and ensuring the availability of specialist radiation detection equipment for customers across Defence. As the NIS Team Leader , you will lead a multidisciplinary technical team responsible for the delivery of instrumentation support services, technical assurance, capability development and operational outputs. You will be accountable for maintaining a technical capability that delivers critical skills and resources aligned to current and future business requirements. You will provide effective leadership, coaching and development to your team, ensuring the safe, secure and efficient delivery of work while maintaining the highest standards of technical quality, customer service and regulatory compliance. The role requires a strong focus on operational delivery, people leadership and continuous improvement. You will work closely with customers, stakeholders and technical specialists to ensure the team remains agile, effective and ready to respond to evolving Defence requirements. Following appropriate training, there may also be opportunities to participate in elements of the DRPS emergency response and on-call capability. You will need the ability to work calmly and constructively in a changing environment, balancing technical priorities, people management responsibilities and customer requirements. Initiative, enthusiasm, adaptability and strong leadership skills will be essential to success in this role. Please note that you must be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years to apply for SC clearance , which is a requirement for this position. Who are we looking for? We need you to have the following: Degree in a STEM discipline, Leadership and Management qualification, or equivalent relevant experience. Experience of successfully leading and developing high-performing technical teams. Demonstrable leadership, coaching and people management skills. Technical knowledge relevant to instrumentation, engineering, applied science or radiation protection. Strategic and tactical planning skills. Proven ability to drive delivery, performance and continuous improvement. Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills. Competence in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Working appreciation of financial and business management principles. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Experience working within a regulated technical environment. Knowledge of radiation detection instrumentation, calibration, maintenance or quality assurance activities. Join us and lead a highly capable technical team delivering critical instrumentation services that support Defence radiation protection, operational readiness and national resilience. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring. The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Security Specialist Closing Date: 15th October 2026 Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking. Due to the nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. The successful candidate will be required to work full-time on site at AWE Aldermaston . Candidates should also be willing to work at AWE Burghfield . Package: From 38,880 per annum (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience) Working Pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day . For this role, employees are required to work fully onsite . We support flexible working arrangements where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, while maintaining an onsite presence. Please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working pattern as part of your application. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? We are currently recruiting for a Security Specialist to join the AWE Security team as we work to deliver the support AWE needs in a variety of interesting and challenging posts. At AWE, security is at the heart of everything we do. Our Security Specialists help protect some of the nation's most sensitive information, assets and capabilities, enabling critical programmes that support national security. This is an opportunity to develop broad expertise across physical, personnel, information and cyber security while working alongside experts who are shaping the future of UK defence. As the key focal point for security engagement, you will: Develop strong stakeholder engagement with key business leaders. Apply security procedures to enable AWE to meet its programme commitments whilst maintaining the highest levels of security. Conduct regular assurance activity to verify that proportionate levels of security are being maintained. Ensure that we assess vulnerabilities and manage risks. Investigate when high standards are not being adhered to and ensure that relevant learning is applied. Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality, and be a great team player. Why This Role? Become a trusted security advisor to senior stakeholders. Develop expertise across multiple security disciplines. Influence key business decisions and major programmes. Gain recognised professional qualifications and training. Build a long-term career in one of the UK's most unique and secure environments. Who are we looking for? This role could be right for you if you: Enjoy solving complex problems and seeing solutions through to delivery. Build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Are curious, motivated and eager to learn. Have an interest in risk management and protective security. Enjoy influencing others and driving high standards. Want to develop expertise across physical, personnel, cyber and information security disciplines. We welcome applications from candidates with experience in security, defence, engineering, nuclear, project management, infrastructure, technology, risk management or other regulated environments . If you can demonstrate strong stakeholder engagement, problem solving and a desire to learn, we'd love to hear from you. We'd like you to have: Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. The ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a team. Strong organisational skills and attention to detail. A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement. A willingness to learn, develop and embrace new challenges. The successful candidate must be willing to take ownership of their own performance and have an aspiration to lead. Whether you're already working in security or looking to bring your transferable skills into a new and rewarding environment, AWE will support your development every step of the way. Through structured training, mentoring and professional qualifications, you'll have the opportunity to build a long-term career while helping to protect one of the UK's most important national missions. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring. The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Principal Supply Chain Development Manager Package: 63,270 to 85k (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The Principal Supply Chain Development Manager leads the Commercial Enablement Supply Chain Development function and is accountable for defining and delivering AWE's enterprise-wide supply chain development strategy. The role provides strategic leadership across supplier and market intelligence, supplier relationship management and supplier governance methodologies, sustainability and supplier engagement activities. Through leadership of the Senior Supply Chain Development and Supply Chain Intelligence teams, the role ensures AWE has the insight, frameworks, relationships, and capabilities required to support major programmes, mitigate supply chain risk, strengthen supplier performance, and position AWE as a Client of Choice across key markets. The role will report into the Commercial Enablement Director. Key Accountabilities: Accountable for establishing and delivering the enterprise Supply Chain Development strategy, working with Exec and SLT to align to organisational, programme, and commercial objectives. Accountable for ensuring robust supplier governance, supplier relationship management, and supplier performance frameworks are embedded across the organisation. Accountable for providing strategic supplier and market intelligence that informs executive decision-making, commercial strategy, sourcing activity, and long-term capability planning. Accountable for identifying, assessing, and managing strategic supply chain risks and resilience challenges across critical supply markets and supplier networks. Accountable for developing and maintaining the organisation's Client of Choice strategy to secure supplier commitment, innovation, and long-term capacity. Accountable for embedding sustainability, ESG, SME participation, supplier diversity, and social value objectives throughout supply chain development activities. Accountable for building effective relationships with senior internal stakeholders, government bodies, industry partners, and strategic suppliers. Accountable for ensuring a level of coordinated control on all strategic market engagement, driving innovation and investment in the supply chain. Accountable for ensuring the development and application of consistent supply chain standards, methodologies, tools, policies, and governance arrangements. Accountable for leading and integrating the Supply Chain Development and Supply Chain Intelligence capabilities into a coherent, high-performing function that drives continuous improvement and measurable business value. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Must have proven professional experience. Proven experience in developing strategy with specific experience in supply chain creation and development. Experience in development SME strategies that work cohesively with wider Supply Chain Development strategies. Experience in leading teams and driving cross-team working. Experience of working collaboratively with and influencing senior business stakeholders. Experience of mitigating external and internal risks and issues. Experience and understanding of delivering procurement, SRM and contract management strategies with a specific expertise in supply chain management and development. Natural strategic thinker, able to draw out insights and be seen as a key advisor to the business on supply chain development activity and interaction with wider supply chain practices. Strong communicator with the ability to influence at all levels. Articulate and persuasive, able to relay commercial strategy to a non-specialist audience and garner support for difficult or complex commercial decisions. Skilled in senior stakeholder management, with ability to deploy effective tools and strategies to create business alignment and influence decision-making. Strong relationship management skills with key internal colleagues, external customers and stakeholders. Highly developed facilitation, presentational, leadership and interpersonal skills. Strong organisational and analytical skills and effectiveness to manage conflicting priorities in a multi-task role delivering to challenging timescales. Ability to work effectively in a complex and ambiguous environment. Strong understanding of a wide range of technical issues as pertains to market development and SRM in a regulated environment. Role model for innovation and continuous improvement. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Senior Commercial Performance Manager Package: 63,270 to 85k (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The Senior Commercial Performance Manager is accountable for ensuring Commercial functional performance is measured and reported, accurately reflecting Commercial's role in supporting delivery of the AWE Business Plan. They will ensure functional performance is visible and key information made available to Commercial leadership and the AWE executive team to keep Commercial accountable for its performance, highlighting opportunities, issues and challenges in delivery of the Commercial functional strategy which supports the delivery of AWE's mission. This role will report into the Principal Commercial Performance, Insights & Reporting Manager. Key Accountabilities: Leading the team to develop the cadence for Commercial functional and leadership reporting and providing ad hoc reporting support, coordinating all inputs and providing strategic narrative. Actively monitors performance against the Commercial functional strategy, identifying opportunities to improve, challenges and remedial options. Accountable for ensuring accurate Commercial pipeline reporting to support effective planning, external reporting and prioritisation. Accountable for establishing and maintaining the Commercial reporting framework for key programmes and projects critical to the delivery of AWE's mission. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Must have proven professional experience. Experience of working in a Procurement / Commercial function. Experience of designing or managing commercial performance frameworks. Experience with supporting senior stakeholders and engaging up to C-suite level. Experience in working cross functionally and being able to report and draw insights cross functionally to understand one clear view of performance. A natural analytical thinker with ability to align business priorities to commercial outcomes. Data analysis and storytelling skills. Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Senior Commercial Process and Tools Manager Package: 63,270 to 85k (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? As the Senior Commercial Process & Tools Manager, you will be responsible for managing process, tools and systems across an area of the commercial lifecycle through the effective utilisation of leading practice. You will oversee the development, implementation, management and continuous improvement of commercial processes, tools and their digital integration into commercial systems to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and drive user adoption and experience, whilst ensuring compliance with organisational policies and relevant regulations. Key Accountabilities: Accountable for owning an area of the Commercial process, tools and technology landscape. Accountable for ensuring all process and systems activity across the area of the Commercial lifecycle is defined and synchronised to ensure interdependencies are clear, there are no gaps, and scope of the end-to-end process and systems landscape is joined up effectively. Accountable for driving Commercial user adoption and providing relevant training within the given area of scope. Accountable for ensuring continuous improvement within the process, tools and systems landscape ensuring all processes and systems remain fit for purpose and adopt latest best practice, referencing relevant Government Commercial Function standards and industry best practice where relevant. Accountable for creating and owning Commercial tools and templates and enabling effective use across Commercial within their process area. Accountable for the accuracy, consistency and governance of master data across systems, ensuring compliance with AWE standards and data management policies. Accountable for understanding the impact of systems and process changes on data structures, ensuring that data models remain robust, scalable and aligned to business requirements. Accountable for working with IS to drive the digital enablement of commercial processes and ensure fit for purpose commercial systems within their given area. Accountable for working closely with the Commercial Policy, Governance & Assurance teams to ensure all required changes in policy, regulation and legal requirements are updated within Commercial processes and associated systems. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Must have proven professional experience. Experience of working in a Procurement / Commercial function. Experience in Procurement / Commercial process design and implementation. Experience developing systems requirements and / or implementing new systems or delivering systems improvement initiatives. Experience of master data management within large or complex organisations. Proven track record of implementing process improvements and driving operational efficiencies. Process mapping and process controls expertise. A natural analytical thinker with ability to align business priorities to commercial outcomes. Skilled in stakeholder management, with ability to create business alignment and influence decision making. Knowledge of data architecture principles and ability to design and enforce data management standards. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Commercial Capability Manager Package: 47,760 to 60k (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? As the Commercial Capability Manager, your primary responsibility is to develop and embed a full capability framework covering competencies, training, development and mentoring. As part of this you will need to identify and evaluate skill gaps within Commercial and implement training programmes to bridge those gaps. You will work closely with department heads to understand the specific knowledge and expertise required for each role and develop tailored development plans. This role will report into the Senior Capability Manager. Key Accountabilities: Accountable for managing and fostering effective relationships with external governing bodies providing visibility and influence of any change (MOD, DNO, CAB) and identifying opportunities for collaboration across government Commercial skills and development. Accountable for defining the Commercial competency framework and career pathways. Accountable for Commercial training plans and management of associated Commercial training providers, ensuring that AWE training providers are fully leveraged. Accountable for working in collaboration with wider AWE HR and talent teams to ensure full alignment with the wider AWE employee development processes, tools and procedures. Accountable for the Commercial skills and development programme and budget. Accountable for understanding capability development demand. Accountable for understanding market trends across people development and capability and define Commercial requirements to ensure best in class capability development. Accountable for analysing and understanding skills gaps and developing and implementing a plan to bridge these gaps across Commercial. Accountable for rolling out a Commercial mentoring programme in order to nurture and develop internal talent. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Must have proven professional experience. Experience of working in a Procurement / Commercial function. Experience within HR or other people related functions with specific experience in skills and development. Highly skilled in stakeholder management, with ability to deploy effective tools and strategies to create business alignment and influence decision making. Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities. Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills. Strong management skills. Good analytical skills. Strong proficiency within the Microsoft suite including excel. Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities. Strong organisational and time management skills. Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation. Attention to detail. Comfortable engaging colleagues across different teams and levels of seniority. Ability to work collaboratively . Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Principal Commercial Capability & Enablement Manager Package: 63,270 to 85k (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? As the Principal Commercial Capability & Enablement Manager, you will be part of the Commercial Enablement Senior Leadership team and accountable for leading the strategic development and execution of Commercial capability, workforce planning and functional enablement, ensuring the function has the skills, capacity and operating frameworks required to deliver current and future business objectives. Working closely with the Chief Commercial Officer, Commercial Senior Leadership Team, HR and wider stakeholders, the role is responsible for capability strategy, talent and career development, strategic workforce planning, functional governance, performance management, communications and change delivery. Through strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration and data-driven insight, the role drives commercial excellence, functional transformation and organisational readiness, while leading a high-performing team to deliver sustainable capability and resource outcomes across the Commercial function. The role ensures the Commercial Function has the skills, capacity, leadership and operating framework required to meet current and future organisational objectives. Key Accountabilities: Drive implementation of the Commercial Functional Strategy by translating strategic priorities into coordinated delivery plans across Commercial delivery teams and leadership teams, ensuring effective flow down of Commercial objectives. Develop and maintain the Commercial Capability Strategy, aligning capability priorities with organisational objectives, workforce plans, and future capability requirements. Own and continuously evolve the Commercial Competency Framework, defining the critical skills, knowledge, behaviours, and capabilities required across all commercial disciplines and career levels, in partnership with AWE HR and GCF. Lead strategic workforce planning, resourcing strategies, and resource demand management (RDM) for the Commercial Function, ensuring capability and capacity requirements are met through workforce optimisation and informing the AWE People Board process. Lead and manage Commercial resource and recruitment processes, including workforce planning, onboarding, induction, and deployment of resources across the function. Drive Commercial functional change initiatives and the embedding of wider AWE organisational change, acting as the central coordination point for transformation activities to ensure successful adoption and sustainable outcomes. Own the Commercial communications strategy, ensuring consistent engagement, visibility of priorities, alignment across the function, and effective communication of strategic objectives and change initiatives. Provide strategic oversight and leadership of Commercial learning, development, talent management, career pathways, succession planning, and knowledge management, designing and delivering a best-practice learning and development strategy in collaboration with AWE L&D teams and leadership. Lead the development of the cadence for leadership and performance reporting, coordinating the development of effective commercial board reports, coordinating all inputs and providing strategic narrative. Lead Commercial participation in Integrated Business Planning (IBP), ensuring workforce, financial, and capability requirements are effectively represented and managed, overseeing the Commercial budget. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Must have proven professional experience. Strong background in organisational planning, business operations and change management. Experience in preparing exec level communications. A strong grasp of business, financial, and operational metrics to support decision making. Adept at handling sensitive or confidential matters with discretion, sound judgment and professionalism. Experience in leading teams and driving cross-team working, and working with senior business leaders. Experience of working collaboratively with and influencing business stakeholders. Significant experience in working with Senior leaders on developing and implementing functional strategy. A strategic thinker with ability to align business priorities to commercial outcomes. Capable of working collaboratively in cross-functional teams. Skilled communicator with the ability to influence at all levels. Highly developed organisational and analytical skills and effectiveness to manage conflicting priorities in a multi-task role delivering to challenging timescales. Ability to work effectively in a complex and ambiguous environment. Role model for innovation and continuous improvement. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Head of Government Delivery Agreements Package: A competitive salary aligned with the seniority and impact of this role Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The Head of Government Delivery Agreements is accountable the contracting of AWE provided services that support National Security and Counter Terrorism activity that sits outside AWE's principal accountability to design, manufacture and support of warheads for UK's nuclear weapons. The role shall be accountable for delivering the end-to-end contracting process to include opportunity identification, solution development, proposal / bid development (with suitable support from P3M & Technical), contracting, contract and relationship management ensuring compliance with Treasury (Managing Public Money) and applicable MOD & AWE policy in accordance with AWE's principal agreement with HMG. They shall be responsible for working closely with the applicable AWE business unit leadership team(s) on agreeing the scope and applicable pricing, as well as developing and nurturing relationships with customers who include MOD, Government Departments and key MOD industry partners. The Head of Government Delivery Agreements shall report to the Commercial Operations Director. Key Accountabilities: Accountable for the contracting and contract management of services outside of the principal contract between HMG and AWE. Develops strong relationships with key customers such as MOD, Government Departments such as Home Office and key industry partners to demonstrate the breadth the scope of services AWE can deliver to support National Security and Counter Terrorism activity. Works collaboratively with senior stakeholders to evaluate customer requirements, develop proposals (incorporating scope of service, commercial proposal) and seek necessary approval submit. Implements corporate Non-M&O (Management & Operations contract) contractual strategies, including the customer relationship and pricing strategies and managing the sub-function to achieve its strategic goals or other contractual strategies as may be required. Maintains relationships and awareness with key internal stakeholders, including communicating current and projected performance against contract. Manages and maintains contracts from bid and negotiation through to contract close / handover, managing key stakeholders' expectations on contract baseline performance. Manages dispute resolution and accountable for ensuring actions / plans are implemented wherever a gap occurs between contractual requirements and performance (actual or projected), where appropriate as agreed with the customer. Implements the established set of Government Delivery Agreements processes and governance arrangements for delivering contracts and demonstrating that the AWE work being undertaken is necessary and sufficient to contractual deliverables. Implements and maintains compliance against the AWE Delegation of Authority at AWE plc. Maintains and promotes high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Must have proven professional experience. Experience in a senior commercial and/or senior financial or compliance role in a large organisation. Significant experience in leading contractual performance management on complex commercial contracts Experience of Stakeholder management and relationship development at Senior Management and Customer level. Experienced use of benchmarking techniques and analysis of financial and business data as part of a Senior Commercial role Experience in contracting for the provision of services with specific experience in bid writing, contracting of services and relationship management Experience of successfully leading, motivating and managing integrated multidisciplinary teams. Experience of negotiating and handling contracts in a secure Government environment. Experience in designing, implementing and integrating processes with robust controls to enable delivery against audits. Commercial experience in Government or in a highly regulated business environment is essential. Excellent communication skills with ability to relate commercial information to a non-specialist audience. Strong relationship management skills across internal stakeholders and external customers. Resilience and emotional maturity to thrive on ambiguity in highly stressful situations. Able to exercise commercial judgment and apply strategic risk mindset to problems. Ability to manage conflicting priorities in a multitask role delivering to challenging timescales in an ambiguous environment. Ability to work effectively in a complex and ambiguous environment. Ability to understand a wide range of technical issues and their commercial implications. Significant experience to identify use and monitor the key controls to manage performance and compliance ensuring the effective monitoring and application of key controls and exception reporting. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Commercial Data Analytics Manager Package: 47,760 to 60k (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The Commercial Data Analytics Manager leads the strategic and operational management of commercial data across AWE. This role is critical in ensuring accuracy, availability and actionable use of data to drive effective commercial decision-making within the Commercial team on all matters relating to third party spend incurred by AWE. This role will report into the Principal Commercial Performance, Insights & Reporting Manager. Key Accountabilities: Ensures Commercial teams have access to timely, accurate and relevant data to meet performance and strategic objectives. Accountable for master data management of all commercial data, ensuring accuracy, consistency and integrity across systems used by the Commercial function. Accountable for managing the data lifecycle, ensuring seamless data flow across systems. Accountable for data protocols, data cleansing and data maintenance to ensure usable data is made available to Commercial colleagues. Accountable for liaison between Commercial, IT, Finance and other relevant teams in AWE to align data strategy with business requirements. Accountable for the management of the Commercial Data Team. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Must have proven professional experience. Experience of working in a Procurement / Commercial function Experience in data operations and/or commercial analytics Proven experience in managing large datasets, data transformation and business intelligence tools. A natural analytical thinker. Proficient in SQL, Excel and visualisation platforms (e.g. Power BI, Tableau). Strong communication skills with ability to translate technical insights into business language. Detail oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

We are seeking an experienced leader to shape and deliver AWE's Technical Training and Skills strategy, ensuring our workforce has the skills, competence and capability required to safely meet current and future business needs. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will drive learning innovation, workforce capability planning, regulatory compliance and digital learning solutions, supporting the delivery of AWE's long-term workforce strategy. Location: Located in Reading, with free on-site parking. Package: A competitive salary aligned with the seniority and impact of this role. Working Pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day . This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week . We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part As the Head of Technical Training and Skills, you will be accountable for the technical training and skills strategy for AWE, ensuring technical training and skills requirements are aligned to requirements that meet the Strategic workforce plan. The role will lead the development of technical training and skills linking to the enterprise learning and skills framework. It will oversee digital learning services, licence condition compliance and ensures SQEP compliance to enable AWE to safely operate. As part of the leadership team, key accountabilities for this role will include: Accountable for the Technical Training and Skills for AWE. Develop and implement a comprehensive technical training and skills strategy aligned with business objectives, people plans and future workforce needs for both technical training and skills. Collaborate with the Head of Workforce Planning to translate the Strategic workforce plan into future skills requirements and ensure learning programmes are designed to close capability gaps proactively Accountable for the governance and reporting on the delivery of training through agreed learning frameworks, ensuring consistency, quality, and relevance. Design and deliver technical training and skills solutions aligned to current business priorities and future capability requirements, ensuring the workforce has the knowledge, skills and competence required to safely and effectively deliver organisational objectives and supports a high-performance culture. Accountable for the digital learning strategy, LMS management and Digital training solutions for AWE Accountable for the governance structures to oversee training investment, delivery, effectiveness and ROI Tier 2 owner and accountable for compliance with License Conditions 10, 12 and 36 and DSC 2 and 3 including the development and maintenance of auditable training records and evidence of competence. In the role you will also: Lead a team of learning professionals and collaborate with senior leaders to identify skills gaps and development priorities, putting the customer requirements at the heart of the strategies Leading, coaching and developing a team of leaders and influencing others at specialism or functional level to create and deliver operational plans Lead an effective and efficient technical training and skills team to work in partnership with the organisation. Build strong relationships with regulatory bodies, training providers, and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and compliance. Provide insight and reporting on learning and training at AWE to relevant stakeholders on a regular basis. To be successful in this role, ideally you should have the following skills/experience: Strategic thinking and the ability to develop long-term training and skills strategies aligned to organisational objectives. Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and build collaborative relationships across the business. Leadership and people management experience, including coaching, developing and leading high-performing teams. An ability to develop deep understanding of organisational requirements and to develop strategies and solutions to drive business performance. Experience of governance, assurance and performance reporting. Strong analytical skills, including workforce capability analysis and identifying future skills requirements. Experience working within complex, matrix structured organisations at a Senior level. Significant experience leading learning, technical training, skills, or workforce capability functions within a complex organisation. Demonstrable experience working with senior stakeholders to identify skills gaps and future workforce needs. Experience translating workforce plans into capability, training and skills solutions. Some reasons we think you'll love it here: AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring. The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Commercial - Contract Management Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Package: 47,760 to 65,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience). Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? The role As a Contract Manager, you will manage assigned infrastructure, engineering or service contracts through delivery, helping AWE achieve safe, assured and value-for-money outcomes. Working within an integrated project and commercial team, you will turn contractual commitments into practical delivery while keeping control of performance, risk, change and commercial records. This hands-on role calls for commercial judgement within delegated authority, ownership of day-to-day contract activity and early escalation when specialist support or additional authority is needed. You will build constructive relationships with suppliers and colleagues, maintaining delivery while protecting AWE's commercial position. What you will do Manage assigned NEC contracts across the delivery lifecycle, supporting the Project Manager and ensuring commercial controls are understood and applied. Administer contracts accurately and on time, including notices, records, work orders, variations, payments, forecasts, change control and governance submissions. Validate supporting information, challenge gaps constructively, and maintain clear, auditable contract records. Monitor supplier performance against milestones, service levels, and key performance indicators, using evidence to support constructive conversations. Identify and manage commercial risks, issues and opportunities, escalating matters proportionately. Work with project controls, finance, technical, legal and procurement colleagues on mobilisation, amendments, extensions, re-procurement and close-out. Contribute to assurance reviews, lessons learned and continuous improvement. The role is focused on post-award commercial and contract management, working alongside procurement colleagues when pre-award or sourcing support is needed. What success looks like in this role We welcome applicants of all genders and backgrounds. Success will be demonstrated through behaviours: Making effective decisions Uses evidence to support delivery, commercial and wider AWE objectives. Balances risk, assurance, value and pace, escalating decisions outside their authority or expertise. Take ownership and follow issues through to practical resolution. Seeing the big picture Understands how contracts contribute to project, programme and organisational outcomes. Considers cost, schedule, quality, risk and supplier behaviour together. Anticipates emerging issues and acts early. Communicating and influencing Explains contractual requirements and commercial issues clearly, using straightforward language and evidence. Builds credible relationships while maintaining professional challenge. Handles disagreement constructively and involves senior commercial, legal or technical colleagues when needed. Working together Contributes positively within an integrated delivery team and shares relevant information promptly. Supports consistent contract management standards, seeks input, and learns from experience. Experience we are looking for We are interested in your experience, judgement, and approach, not only formal qualifications. You will have practical experience in some of the following: Quantity Surveying experience in managing or administering infrastructure, engineering, or service contracts. Managing obligations, performance measures, payments, change, risk, governance, and commercial records. Using evidence and commercial data to inform decisions, reporting and supplier challenge. Collaborating with suppliers and multidisciplinary stakeholders to resolve issues and maintain delivery. Applying structured contract management processes in a regulated, controlled, or safety-critical environment. Understanding how pre-award commercial activity supports effective post-award delivery. Transferable contract management experience, sound judgement, and a willingness to learn are equally valued. Background and qualifications We are not prescriptive about qualifications. Relevant experience in commercial, quantity surveying, contract management, procurement, project delivery, finance, engineering or law may provide a solid foundation. Professional membership or contract management accreditation is welcomed but is not essential. Our commitment We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from women and men, and from people with diverse professional backgrounds and career paths. Selection will be based on the experience, judgement and behaviours needed for the role. If the opportunity interests you, but you are unsure whether you meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

AWE is recruiting for an experienced Industrial Relations Lead to join the business. Location: Located in Reading, with free onsite parking. Package: Starting from 61,040 - 95,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience) Working Pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day . This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week . We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? We are seeking an experienced and influential Industrial Relations professional to join AWE in a specialist role. You will be used to spending 100% of your time shaping and delivering Industrial Relations strategy, and providing expert advice on collective industrial relations matters across the organisation. Acting as AWE's subject matter expert for Industrial Relations, you will champion constructive and collaborative relationships with Trade Unions and employees, leading on collective bargaining, consultation, dispute resolution, and the practical application of employment and trade union legislation. You will bring a proven track record of successfully leading Industrial Relations activity within a complex organisation, demonstrating credibility, resilience and sound judgement in complex industrial relations environments. You will possess deep knowledge of employment and trade union law, alongside substantial experience of negotiating with recognised Trade Unions, managing collective issues, and influencing outcomes on significant organisational matters. If your career has been focused on Industrial Relations and you are looking for a role where IR is your sole professional focus, we would like to hear from you In the role you will: Support the industrial relations aspects of the local, regional and national business objectives enabling the objectives to be achieved whilst minimising risk. Act as a change agent in supporting delivery of business objectives through developing a clear understanding of business strategy and close collaborative relationships with business-facing HR teams, senior business leaders and other specialist functions. Support the implementation of appropriate bargaining and consultation strategies and tactics to achieve business objectives. Manage the bargaining and consultation agenda at local and regional level and lead on the employee relations aspects of the agenda. Provide industrial relations support when disputes arise to ensure that the company's interests are protected and appropriate resolution and/or risk mitigation approaches are adopted. Responsibilities in the role include: Contributing to the development of the overall industrial relations and employee relations strategy of the company. Contributing to the development and implementation of industrial relations and employee relations policies within the functions. Advising on industrial relations implications of business initiatives and act as a centre of knowledge and interpretation on policies, procedures and legislation. Developing positive relationships with senior business leaders and senior trade union representatives to provide a platform for the achievement of business aims. Modernising existing agreements so that they are fit for purpose and enable business aims to be met. We'd also like you to have experience in some of the following: Significant industrial relations and employee relations experience of a large multisite complex unionised organisation In depth knowledge of HR policies and procedures and employment legislation An understanding of employment laws and HR regulations and best practices. Broad experience of advising on the industrial relations and employee relations implications of large scale complex organisational changes (eg TUPE, Organisation re-design, redundancy programmes etc) Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence effectively at all levels in the organisation Proven track record of operating in a large complex unionised environment Some reasons we think you'll love it here: AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include: 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions). Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring. The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.