Project Manager

Job Title:                     Project Manager

Location:                     Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF74356

Lead critical defence programmes shaping the future of national security

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 Ashton House, near Bristol.

Join our Mission Systems business where we deliver advanced engineering solutions across defence, aerospace and security domains. You’ll be part of a team working on one of the UK’s most significant defence programmes, contributing to cutting-edge submarine technology that protects national interests.

The role

As a Project Manager, you’ll take ownership of complex, high-impact engineering projects within the Dreadnought programme one of the largest and most ambitious programmes at Babcock. You’ll lead the delivery of critical systems, ensuring performance across safety, quality, cost and schedule while managing relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers.

This is a career-defining opportunity to work with innovative technology, lead multidisciplinary teams, and drive meaningful outcomes that support national security. You’ll develop your leadership capabilities while shaping the delivery of next-generation defence capability.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to: 

• Leading the delivery of complex engineering and design projects from concept through to delivery


• Managing stakeholder relationships including customers, suppliers and internal teams


• Overseeing project controls including risk, cost, schedule and quality performance


• Driving the performance of project teams, including mentoring Assistant Project Managers and engineers


• Ensuring governance, reporting and assurance requirements are met across the programme

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

Essential experience of the Project Manager

• Demonstrating experience delivering complex technical or engineering projects


• Managing project scope, risk, cost, schedule and resources to achieve objectives


• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders


• Using project planning tools such as Primavera P6 or equivalent


• Managing third-party suppliers and ensuring successful project outcomes

Qualifications for the Project Manager

• PMQ or PPQ (desirable) or equivalent.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role.  Sole UK can start on Standard (BPSS).

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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement


• ‘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


• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met


• A dynamic working environment

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: 30/06/2026

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