Digital & IM Project Assistant

weServed ofVeterans Ltd.; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP access

Employee shopping portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Project Assistant Digital and Information Management to support governance and control of project information at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth. You will manage documents, help drive digital transformation, and advise project teams on information management systems and processes, ensuring compliance and efficient workflows.

The role is full-time, onsite, 35 hours per week. Security clearance (SC) is required, and the role offers a generous benefits package and a clear

Qualifications

• Experience managing documentation within a project or delivery environment.
• Understanding of governance requirements and information management best practice.
• Experience using electronic document management systems and/or Common Data Environments.

Responsibilities

• Managing, tracking and controlling project documentation to maintain accuracy, quality and compliance.
• Supporting the continuous improvement of document control and information management processes.
• Providing guidance and support to project teams on information management systems and procedures.
• Promoting the effective use of Common Data Environments and digital information management tools.
• Maintaining efficient document workflows and ensuring information governance requirements are met.

Skills

Document control

Document governance

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Education

Vocational training

Tools

Common Data Environments

Job description

Job Title: Project Assistant Digital and Information Management

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £28,300 – £35,400 depending on experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF77070

Help keep critical projects moving through effective information management

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Assistant Digital and Information Management at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

The role

As a Project Assistant Digital and Information Management, you'll support the management, control and governance of project information across a range of engineering and infrastructure programmes. You'll play a key role in maintaining accurate project records, supporting digital transformation initiatives and helping project teams make better use of information management systems and processes.

Day-to-day, you’ll

• Managing, tracking and controlling project documentation to maintain accuracy, quality and compliance.
• Supporting the continuous improvement of document control and information management processes.
• Providing guidance and support to project teams on information management systems and procedures.
• Promoting the effective use of Common Data Environments and digital information management tools.
• Maintaining efficient document workflows and ensuring information governance requirements are met.

This is a full-time, permanent role working 35 hours per week, based at Devonport Royal Dockyard. Set working times are Monday to Thursday 07:30–15:30 and Friday 07:30–12:30. This is an onsite role.

Essential experience of the Project Assistant Digital and Information Management:

• Experience managing documentation within a project, engineering or delivery environment.
• Understanding of document control principles, governance requirements and information management best practice.
• Experience using electronic document management systems and/or Common Data Environments.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.

Qualifications for the Project Assistant Digital and Information Management

• Vocational training, relevant administrative experience, or equivalent work experience within a project support, document control or information management environment.

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 29,000 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: 15/11/2026

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