Assistant Project Manager

Babcock International; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Digital GP

Health check

Nutritional consultations

Employee savings portal

Professional Fees

Paid leave

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking an Assistant Project Manager for our Devonport site to support planning, governance and delivery of complex naval programmes. You will work with project managers and cross-functional teams to ensure high standards of reporting, information management and governance throughout the programme lifecycle.

This full-time role offers exposure to major defence projects, clear career development paths, and a structured working pattern at the Devonport site in Plymouth, UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in project support, coordination, or PMO environments.
• Knowledge of project controls, governance, reporting and stakeholder management.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent communication with diverse stakeholders.
• Collaborative approach with commitment to quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assist with project planning, governance, reporting and stakeholder coordination.
• Maintain project controls, schedules and documentation.
• Produce reports and management information for programme performance.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and monitor actions, risks and deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with project management standards and governance.

Skills

Project coordination

Governance processes

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

PFQ (APM PFQ)

Level 4 qualification in Engineering/PM/Construction Mgmt

Job description

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76892

Help Deliver Programmes That Support the United Kingdom’s Naval Nuclear Capability

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

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Naval Nuclear business, where you'll support the delivery of critical programmes that underpin the UK's defence and national security. Working alongside experienced project professionals, you'll play a key role in coordinating project activities, maintaining governance and controls, and ensuring programmes are delivered safely, effectively and efficiently. Whether you're looking to build on existing project management experience or take the next step in your career, this role offers the opportunity to develop your skills within a dynamic and highly impactful environment.

The role

As an Assistant Project Manager, you'll support the successful planning, coordination and delivery of complex programmes within our Naval Nuclear team. You'll work closely with Project Managers and multidisciplinary stakeholders to ensure project information, governance activities and reporting processes are maintained to the highest standards.

Your contribution will enable informed decision-making, strengthen programme performance and help deliver projects that make a real difference to the UK's defence capability. In return, you'll gain exposure to major programmes, learn from experienced professionals and access excellent career development opportunities within one of the UK's leading defence, aerospace and engineering organisations.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Supporting project planning, governance, reporting and stakeholder coordination activities.
• Maintaining project controls, schedules, resource information and project documentation.
• Producing accurate reports and management information to support programme performance.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary teams and monitoring actions, risks and project deliverables.
• Ensuring compliance with project management standards, processes and governance requirements.

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week, based on site at Devonport. Working hours are 7:30am to 3:30pm Monday to Thursday and 7:30am to 12:30pm Friday.

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager:

• Experience in project support, project coordination, programme management office or project delivery environments.
• Working knowledge of project controls, governance processes, reporting and stakeholder management.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach with a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager

• APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) or an equivalent foundation-level project management qualification.
• A recognised Level 4 qualification in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrable experience is preferred.

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 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.

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