Production Controller

Job Title:                     Production Controller

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:           £44,600 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF76940

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Production Controller at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Production Controller, you’ll be responsible for coordinating and processing the safe release of production tasks in line with work specifications, programme schedules and project delivery requirements. Acting as a key link between planning, production and project teams, you'll help ensure work is executed safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.

Day-to-day, you’ll have an exciting opportunity for someone with engineering, planning or project delivery experience who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders. You'll gain exposure to complex defence engineering programmes, develop your technical and project coordination expertise, and contribute to work that makes a genuine difference to national security.

• Conducting technical System of Work reviews to support the planning and execution of maintenance activities.


• Managing activities and documentation through the Project Delivery Framework.


• Producing work breakdown packages and associated documentation to enable work to be conducted safely on the platform.


• Processing survey and emergent work through supporting information technology systems.


• Providing technical guidance and supporting the development and maintenance of credible project schedules.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Production Controller

• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications.


• Understanding of a Project Delivery Framework environment.


• Experience communicating and coordinating complex work packages involving multiple stakeholders.


• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.


• Experience within submarine maintenance programmes would be advantageous.

Qualifications for the Production Controller

Essential

• Recognised Apprenticeship or Professional Qualification.


• BTEC National Certificate, Ordinary National Certificate in a relevant engineering discipline, or equivalent qualification and experience.

Desirable

• Additional qualifications in engineering, project controls or production planning would be advantageous.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.


• ‘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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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: 18/11/2026

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