Assistant Project Manager

Assistant Project Manager

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF62909

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 at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As an Assistant Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. An exciting opportunity has emerged within the Devonport Infrastructure Directorate for an Assistant Project Manager, playing a crucial role in delivering MOD funded projects and supporting key infrastructure initiatives.

Day-to-day, you’ll manage infrastructure and construction projects, including maintenance, improvements, and new facilities across Devonport and beyond, supporting larger initiatives while overseeing smaller-scale projects.

• Oversee project planning, programming, finance, risk management, control, monitoring, and Health & Safety within established procedures and under professional guidance.
• May be required to draft scopes for basic-style projects as needed.

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

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager

• Experience of project management and delivery of infrastructure projects within building, construction, or related industry.
• Relevant knowledge and experience of the application of Health and Safety Regulations.
• Knowledge of APM philosophy and responsibilities.
• Organisation skills and the ability to self-manage and produce information and reports.
• Competence using Microsoft Office software.

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager

• HNC in an engineering / construction subject.APM qualification. This may however be waived for a period depending on the level of the applicant’s experience and capability.
  

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 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
• ‘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: 08/05/2025