Engineering Support Manager

Babcock International Group; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense services provider in the UK is seeking an Engineering Support Manager to align engineering operations with commercial requirements. This full-time role includes leading a multi-disciplinary team and overseeing project engineering services. The ideal candidate should have strong project management experience, excellent leadership skills, and relevant engineering qualifications. Competitive compensation is offered along with benefits including a generous holiday allowance and health consultations.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Holiday Trading

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management, planning, and project controls.
• Strong understanding of information asset protection and finance management.
• Effective conflict resolution and decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team for business support and project engineering.
• Manage development and delivery of the Annual Plan to meet contract requirements.
• Oversee business intelligence reporting and act as Information Asset Owner.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Conflict resolution

Education

Degree in engineering or related field

HND/HNC in engineering

Level 6 NVQ in engineering with extensive experience

Job description

Job Title

Engineering Support Manager

Location

Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation

Competitive + Benefits

Role Type

Full time / Permanent

Role ID

SF68695

Overview

Lead Strategic Engineering Operations That Drive Defence Excellence

About the Role

As an Engineering Support Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a key role in aligning engineering operations with commercial and contractual requirements, while supporting the delivery of critical infrastructure projects for the Royal Navy.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead a multi‑disciplinary team responsible for delivering business support, project engineering, and planning services across our Facilities Engineering (FE) organisation. This is a high‑impact leadership role that fuses strategic planning, financial oversight, and technical expertise to shape operational performance and planning precision.

• Managing the output of business support, project engineering, and planning teams.
• Leading the development and delivery of the Annual Plan (AP) to meet contract and budget requirements.
• Translating customer project management and planning needs into operational processes.
• Overseeing business intelligence reporting and acting as Information Asset Owner (IAO).
• Supporting financial forecasting and providing technical input for procurement activities.

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

Essential Experience

• Proven experience in project management, planning, and project controls.
• Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Understanding of information asset protection and cost centre finance management.
• Effective conflict resolution and decision‑making abilities.
• Strong written and presentation skills.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or a related field, or
• HND/HNC in engineering or a related discipline, or
• Level 6 NVQ in engineering with extensive industry experience and demonstrable technical and managerial competencies.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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.

Employer Statement

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.

Reference

#BABDESTNUC

Closing date

06/11/2025