Change Manager

Babcock International; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP & health checks

Employee shopping portal

Professional fees paid

10 days reservist leave

Holiday Trading scheme

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking an experienced Change Manager to lead transformation within its logistics operations at the Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth. You will coordinate change activities across warehousing, distribution, and supply chains, embedding new ways of working and driving continuous improvement.

You will partner with senior leaders and frontline teams to ensure successful adoption, engage stakeholders, analyse performance data, and coach leaders through change.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a management or leadership role.
• Proven experience leading change, transformation, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to analyse data and translate insights into practical business improvements.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and facilitation skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office and digital literacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate change management activities across key logistics transformation programmes.
• Develop and implement change plans that support strategic and operational objectives.
• Engage and influence stakeholders at all levels to build commitment and drive successful adoption.
• Analyse operational performance data to identify improvement opportunities and measure the effectiveness of change initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops, communications, and training activities to support organisational readiness.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and learning.
• Coach and support leaders and teams through periods of change and transformation.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Communication

Facilitation

MS Office

Digital literacy

Logistics experience

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Title: Change Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £33,900 - £42,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74932

Drive Change. Deliver Outcomes. Support National Security.

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Change Manger at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

Are you an experienced Change Manager with a passion for leading transformation and helping people navigate change? Join Babcock's Logistics team at Devonport Royal Dockyard and play a vital role in delivering change across one of the UK's most complex logistics environments, supporting the Royal Navy's fleet of warships and submarines.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of logistics operations by leading strategic change initiatives that enhance capability, improve performance, and ensure the organisation is ready to meet future business demands.

What We're Looking For

You will be an experienced people-focused leader with a track record of delivering successful change within operational environments.

The role

As Change Manager, you will work closely with senior leaders, operational teams, and customer stakeholders to deliver sustainable change across warehousing, distribution, and supply chain operations. You will be responsible for embedding new ways of working, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring people are engaged, supported, and equipped throughout the change journey.

You will:

• Lead and coordinate change management activities across key logistics transformation programmes.
• Develop and implement change plans that support strategic and operational objectives.
• Engage and influence stakeholders at all levels to build commitment and drive successful adoption.
• Analyse operational performance data to identify improvement opportunities and measure the effectiveness of change initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops, communications, and training activities to support organisational readiness.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and learning.
• Coach and support leaders and teams through periods of change and transformation.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based in Plymouth.

Essential experience of the Logistics Capability Manager

• Extensive experience in a management or leadership role.
• Proven experience leading change, transformation, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to analyse data and translate insights into practical business improvements.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and facilitation skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office and digital literacy skills.

Desirable

• Experience within logistics, warehousing, supply chain, distribution, or other operational environments.
• Formal change management qualification or training.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. CILT, CMI, APM).

Why Join Us?

This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact on operational performance while developing your leadership and transformation expertise within a global engineering organisation. You'll work alongside experienced professionals, influence strategic decisions, and help deliver meaningful change that supports both business success and national defence 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 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 26,000 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.

Closing date: 27/08/2026