Project Manager reference: 1186844501

Job Title: Project Manager Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF62492

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 Ashton Vale, Bristol or Whetstone, Leicestershire site.

The Role As a Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As a Project Manager, you will take accountability for critical business requirements from day one. You will be working within the Ships & Air team managing a diverse range of projects delivering into key customer programmes.

Day-to-day, you’ll be managing a multi-disciplinary team through the define and execution phases of the project and be responsible for design reviews, contract management, scheduling, project controls, internal and external reporting, and procurement activities.

You will be working alongside stakeholders from across the Ships & Air team, and wider business, to help drive delivery momentum and achieve the project goals. You will be responsible for delivering contracts on time, to quality and within budget and will be the key interface with the customer. You will be responsible for high performance and delivering the agreed scope of work.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with working days onsite, at either Ashton Vale, Bristol or Whetstone, Leicestershire and working days working from home.

Essential experience of the Project Manager

Experience in a project management environment within Defence industry. Confident collaborator with experience working in partnership. Knowledge and experience of the project lifecycle. Knowledge of project controls tools and how these tools operate to provide key information for decision making. Commercially and financially astute, with a challenging mind-set. Excellent interpersonal skills / stakeholder management – communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels and with external bodies.

Qualifications for the Project Manager

Project Management Qualification or Project Professional Qualification or equivalent (or working towards).

Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate will be eligible to start on Standard (BPSS) security clearance but will need to obtain and achieve Security Check (SC) security clearance.

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. 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 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: 11/04/2025

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