Assistant Package Manager

Babcock International Group; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP access

Professional fees coverage

Reservists leave

Job summary

Babcock International Group seeks an Assistant Package Manager for the Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth. You will join the Offsite Manufacturing team to support the 10 Dock Programme, coordinating across design, manufacture, testing and handover to deliver on time and within budget.

You will work with Package Managers and stakeholders in a complex engineering environment, ensuring safety, quality and governance across multiple lifecycle stages. SC clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects through multiple lifecycle stages.
• Knowledge of project planning, scheduling, reporting and performance monitoring.
• Experience with cost forecasting, budgets and financial reporting.
• Understanding of governance, procurement, contract management processes.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, coordination and delivery of activities across lifecycle stages.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, reports and performance updates.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, commissioning and commercial teams.
• Manage project risks, issues and dependencies, supporting mitigation and escalation.
• Maintain project documentation, governance records and financial reporting to support decisions.

Skills

Project management experience

Stakeholder management

Strong communication skills

PM methodologies knowledge

Education

PM/Engineering related degree

APM Project Management Qualification

APMG Project Planning and Controls Foundation

NEC Fundamentals / Managing the Programme

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Package Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: From £33,900 – £42,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF77320

Help shape a major infrastructure programme that supports the UK's defence capability

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

The role

As an Assistant Package Manager, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to join the Offsite Manufacturing team supporting the delivery of the 10 Dock Programme. Working within a complex engineering and project environment, you'll help coordinate activities across multiple disciplines and stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards. You'll gain exposure to major infrastructure and engineering projects while developing your project management expertise within one of the UK's leading defence organisations.

Day-to-day, you’ll support the planning, coordination, monitoring and control of designated work packages throughout the project lifecycle. Working closely with Package Managers and key stakeholders, you'll contribute to the successful delivery of activities across design, manufacture, testing, commissioning and handover phases. Your work will have a direct impact on programme performance, helping to ensure critical projects are delivered on schedule, within budget and to the required quality and safety standards.

• Supporting the planning, coordination and delivery of project activities across multiple lifecycle stages.
• Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, reports and performance updates.
• Coordinating activities across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, commissioning and commercial teams.
• Managing project risks, issues, dependencies and opportunities, supporting mitigation and escalation activities where required.
• Maintaining project documentation, governance records, financial information and reporting to support effective decision-making.

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

Essential Experience Of The Assistant Package Manager

• Experience working in a project management or project support environment delivering projects through multiple lifecycle stages.
• Understanding of project management methodologies, planning, scheduling, reporting and performance monitoring techniques.
• Experience supporting cost forecasting, budget management and financial reporting activities.
• Knowledge of project governance, assurance, procurement, commercial and contract management processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a complex engineering environment.

Essential Qualifications for the Assistant Package Manager

• Recognised qualification in Project Management, Business, Engineering or a related discipline.
• APM Project Management Qualification (or equivalent), to be completed within one year of appointment.
• APMG Project Planning and Controls Foundation, to be completed within one year of appointment.
• NEC Fundamentals / Managing the Programme.

Desirable

• HNC or HND in a relevant discipline with significant project delivery experience.
• Risk Assessor Training.
• Risk Assessor Approver Training.
• Health & Safety Management of Subcontractors Training.
• IOSH or equivalent health and safety qualification.
• BIM / Common Data Environment training.

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 [e-mail] 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: 29/11/2026

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