Project Manager

Job Title:                     Project Manager

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF71397

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Manager at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon.

The Role

As a Project Manager, you’ll play a vital role in a strategic support programme that underpins national defence. You’ll oversee the maintenance and overhaul of missile systems on Vanguard‑class submarines - complex engineering projects that contribute directly to the UK’s continuous at‑sea deterrent.

This is a hands‑on leadership role that places you at the heart of our production facilities, working alongside specialist teams and supplier partners. You’ll ensure that critical support activities are delivered efficiently, safely, and to the highest standards. It’s an opportunity to build your project management expertise, grow your leadership capability, and influence work that genuinely matters to national security and operational readiness.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Deliver the project to meet all contractual requirements, ensuring services are delivered on time, within budget and to required quality standards.


• Collaborate with the customer to understand evolving support requirements and maintain alignment with contractual obligations.


• Build a strong, partnership‑focused relationship with the customer to strengthen performance and enhance service delivery.


• Manage day‑to‑day project activity, ensuring resources are coordinated effectively with input from specialist professional leads.


• Oversee suppliers and subcontractors, monitoring performance and driving improvement where needed.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Project Manager

• At least five years’ experience delivering service‑ or equipment‑based projects.


• Strong understanding of project management systems, processes and best practice.


• High level of organisation, with the ability to self‑manage and produce high‑quality outputs with minimal guidance.


• Strong computer literacy, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Project and Excel.


• Good working knowledge of APM principles.

Qualifications for the Project Manager

• Experience in production, industrial or heavy engineering environments.


• Background in defence, ex‑MOD or Royal Navy (not required but beneficial).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• Employee share scheme


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity


• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock

We’re Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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

Closing Date: 25/02/0226

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