Job Title:                     Project Manager

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:           £51,941 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF65504

 

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 Project Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

 

The role

As a Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Step into a unique opportunity delivering a pioneering initiative—the first of its kind—within a long-term programme spanning the next 20 years. You’ll play a key role in shaping critical infrastructure that supports national capability for decades to come.

 

Day-to-day, you’ll lead full project delivery lifecycle, supporting the Programme Manager to ensure outcomes are achieved on time, within budget, and to quality standards—overseeing plans, risks, resources, and stakeholder engagement from initiation to completion. 

 

Lead an integrated project delivery team, coordinating efforts across planning, execution, monitoring, and control to ensure successful project outcomes. Oversee resource management, including staff development, financial planning, subcontractor oversight, and team support. Establish and maintain effective project governance structures. Produce and communicate project reporting, ensuring transparency and alignment with stakeholders. Support the project risk process, identifying, assessing, and managing risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.

 

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

 

Essential experience of the Project Manager

Experience of Schedule Management. Previous experience of Risk, Opportunity and Issue Management. Knowledge and experience of Budgeting and Cost Control. Proven Leadership and team management. Previous experience of Stakeholder and Communication management.

 

Qualifications for the Project Manager

APM Project Management Qualification or Degree qualified in STEM/Business subject – Preferable APM Project Risk Management Level 2 – Desirable Project Planning and Controls Foundation – Preferable

 

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

 

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

 

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 09/07/2025

 

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