Assistant Project Manager - Building Design

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

Job summary

A leading defence and engineering company in Plymouth is seeking an Assistant Project Manager - Building Design. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to lead complex building design projects that contribute to the UK's safety and security. Ideal candidates will have a background in project delivery, preferably within highly regulated environments, and must achieve Security Check (SC) clearance. The position includes hybrid working arrangements and various benefits, ensuring a supportive workplace.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Development opportunities

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project delivery within building design under NEC4 contract frameworks.
• Strong track record managing complex, multifunctional building designs.
• Ability to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Interface between design consultants and contractors for project compliance.
• Support project scope, schedules, and risk management.
• Assist with financial tracking and budget management.

Skills

Project delivery experience in building design (client-side)

Familiarity with document management systems

Managing complex building designs through RIBA Stages 1–4

Experience on nuclear licensed sites

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline

APM Project Management Qualification or equivalent

NEC4 Accredited Project Manager (desired)

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager - Building Design
Location: Plymouth, Devonport + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70036

Create a Safer, Secure World with Babcock

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 – Building Design at our Devonport site.

The role

As an Assistant Project Manager – Building Design, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to work on projects that matter—shaping environments that enable critical operations and contribute to the UK’s safety and security. You’ll gain exposure to cutting-edge engineering practices, collaborate with industry-leading experts, and develop your career in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll be at the heart of delivering complex, high-profile building design projects that support national defence and infrastructure.

• Acting as a key interface between design consultants and contractors, ensuring designs meet project requirements and compliance standards.
• Supporting project scope, schedules, contract deliverables, and risk management across multiple work packages.
• Assisting with financial tracking, cost control, and budget management processes.
• Developing technical requirements and collaborating with engineering teams to deliver robust solutions.
• Interpreting supply chain reports and turning insights into actionable plans for project success.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager – Building Design

• Proven experience in project delivery within building design, ideally from a client-side perspective under NEC4 contract frameworks.
• Familiarity with highly regulated environments, preferably nuclear, and experience using document management systems.
• Strong track record managing complex, multifunctional building designs through RIBA Stages 1–4.
• Experience working on nuclear licensed sites or delivering nuclear safety–implicated structures is highly advantageous.

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager – Building Design

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• APM Project Management Qualification (PFQ/PMQ) or equivalent.NEC4 Accredited Project Manager (desired).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 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: 17/12/2025

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