Assistant Project Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence contractor in the United Kingdom is seeking an Assistant Project Manager - IT to drive digital transformation in defence. You'll be involved in delivering innovative digital solutions while managing key project aspects like scheduling, procurement, and risk management. The successful candidate will require certification in project management methodologies and a degree-level education. This role offers hybrid working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience applying APM, PRINCE2, and ITIL methodologies in project environments.
• Proven background in project management or PMO roles with full lifecycle understanding.
• Strong knowledge of procurement, scheduling, budgeting, risk, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative digital solutions that support critical defence operations.
• Develop tasking orders to secure resources and manage delivery.
• Monitor schedules and maintain project cost and time estimates.
• Support risk management processes.
• Drive improvements in quality, schedule, and cost.

Skills

APM

PRINCE2

ITIL

Project management methodologies

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Procurement

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent

Prince2 or APMP certification

Job description

Assistant Project Manager - IT

Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent | Role ID: SF69635

Drive Digital Transformation in Defence

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 Project Manager – IT at our Babcock Technology Centre site.

The role

As an Assistant Project Manager - IT, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact while developing your career in a dynamic, purpose-driven environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll help deliver innovative digital solutions that support critical defence operations. You’ll work on projects that shape the future of technology within Babcock, ensuring systems and processes meet the highest standards of security and efficiency.

• Developing tasking orders to secure resources and manage delivery
• Facilitating and agreeing requirements, project scope, and solutions for work packages
• Monitoring schedules and maintaining project cost and time estimates
• Supporting risk management processes, including identification and mitigation of risks
• Driving improvements in quality, schedule, and cost while capturing lessons learned

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager - IT

• Experience applying APM, PRINCE2, and ITIL methodologies in project environments
• Proven background in project management or PMO roles with full lifecycle understanding
• Strong knowledge of procurement, scheduling, budgeting, risk, and stakeholder management
• Familiarity with project management frameworks and leadership principles
• Excellent communication and organisational skills

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager - IT

• Degree-level education or equivalent professional qualification
• Prince2 or APMP certification (or equivalent)

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

• 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 [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.