Assistant Project Planner

Cavendish Nuclear; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A defence technology company in Plymouth is seeking a Project Planner to support complex upgrades in submarine maintenance. This full-time role offers hybrid working arrangements and requires a Level 3 qualification in a project support role, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience in engineering or project management environments. Generous holiday allowances and development opportunities included.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering work

Excellent development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Provide professional schedule management services across the Capital Investment Portfolio Team.
• Support the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules.
• Assist Project Managers with planning activities, resource allocation, and dependencies.
• Apply schedule management techniques under supervision.
• Collaborate with engineering, commercial, construction, and supply chain teams.

Skills

Experience in engineering or project management environments

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)

Familiarity with Primavera P6

Education

Level 3 qualification or equivalent experience in a project support role

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Project Planner

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £38,084.00 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67010

Shape the Future of Defence Infrastructure

Join a team that’s transforming the UK’s defence capabilities. 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 Planner at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon.

The Role

As an Assistant Project Planner, you’ll be at the heart of delivering complex upgrades and modifications to facility assets and infrastructure that support the UK’s submarine maintenance programme. This is an exciting entry-level opportunity that offers wide exposure across the business, helping you build a strong foundation in project management within a high-impact, mission-critical environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for providing professional schedule management services across the Capital Investment Portfolio Team. You will provide a key interface between Project Managers, Commercial, Engineering, Construction, Projects, Subcontractors and Supply Chain functions to aid the effective scheduling of the projects undertaken.

• Supporting the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules
• Assisting Project Managers with planning activities, resource allocation, and dependencies
• Applying schedule management techniques under supervision
• Collaborating with engineering, commercial, construction, and supply chain teams
• Contributing to the growth of planning and cost control functions within the Capital Portfolio

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

Essential Experience Of The Project Planner

• Experience in engineering or project management environments
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Familiarity with Primavera P6 (desirable but not essential)

Qualifications For The Project Planner

• Level 3 qualification or equivalent experience in a project support role

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.

About Babcock

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

18/09/2025

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