Assistant Project Manager

Babcock International; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking an Assistant Project Manager for their Devonport site. This role involves managing design consultants and coordinating delivery objectives of security systems. Ideal candidates will possess strong project management skills and a background in Electrical Engineering, contributing to our mission of creating a safe and secure world.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Project management background essential.
• Electrical engineering background preferred.
• NEC4 and CEMAR experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage the lead design consultant for civils design package.
• Support delivery of schedule, scope, and risk management functions.
• Translate supply chain reporting into usable data.

Skills

Project management

Knowledge of Physical Security principles

Ability to read engineering drawings

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelors or Master’s Degree

APM

Tools

NEC4

CEMAR

Autodesk (CDE/Vault)

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65590

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 site.

The role

As an Assistant Project Manager,you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be working to help manage the lead design consultant for a critical civils design package.

Day-to-day, you will manage the delivery security systems designs and work with users and other stakeholders to ensure that the integrated facility provides the sustainment capability. You’ll also:

• Work heavily with the contract – using NEC4 and CEMAR.
• Supporting the delivery of schedule, scope, contractual, financial and risk management functions.
• Assisting the technical and project team in development of requirements, project scope and solutions for specific work packages.
• Translate supply chain reporting into useable data to inform planning, monitoring and control of work packages.
• Develop Stakeholder management and communications plans.

This role is full time working 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangement with some days in the office/onsite and some days working from home.

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager

• Project management background
• Knowledge of Physical Security principles would be an advantage
• NEC4, CEMAR, Autodesk (CDE/Vault)
• Ability to read engineering drawings.
• Electrical engineering background preferred

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager

• A Bachelors or Master’s Degree.
• APM an advantage

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 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 [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: 29/07/2025

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