Front Line Manager

Babcock International; Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

10 days special paid leave for Reservs

Job summary

Babcock International in Rosyth is seeking a Front Line Manager to lead a skilled team delivering critical engineering and manufacturing work for UK defence. You will own team performance, safety, quality and delivery in a fast-paced marine environment.

The role requires experience leading teams in production settings, with strong coaching and resource-planning skills. On-site, with a two-week rotating day/night shift, 36 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in production/engineering/marine environments.
• Ability to motivate and develop people while building high-performing teams.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and quality requirements in production.
• Experience planning resources to meet schedules.
• Ability to interpret method statements and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of technicians and operatives, providing guidance and coaching.
• Plan and allocate labour to meet programme and production targets.
• Ensure work complies with health, safety, quality and operational requirements.
• Support team development through training and performance management.
• Monitor progress and ensure teams have tools and direction to succeed.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching

Performance management

People development

Resource planning

Education

Supervisory/leadership qualifications in engineering/marine

Job description

Job Title: Front Line Manager

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £44,473 - £46,874 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75343

Lead people. Drive performance. Help build the future of naval engineering.

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as aFront Line Manager at our Rosyth site.

The role

As aFront Line Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll lead and develop a team of skilled technicians and operatives delivering critical engineering and manufacturing work that supports the UK's defence capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of team performance, safety, quality, and delivery within a fast-paced marine engineering environment.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Leading a team of technicians and operatives, providing guidance, coaching, and day-to-day support.
• Planning and allocating labour and resources to achieve programme, production, and delivery targets.
• Ensuring all work is completed in line with health, safety, quality, and operational requirements.
• Supporting team development through training identification, performance management, and skills growth.
• Monitoring and communicating progress against objectives, ensuring teams have the tools, documentation, and direction needed to succeed.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth. Shift patterns for this role are a two-week rotating shift pattern, alternating between day shift and night shift, working four days per week.

Essential experience of the Front Line Manager

• Experience leading, supervising, or managing teams within a production, engineering, manufacturing, marine, or operational environment.
• Strong ability to motivate, coach, and develop people while building high-performing teams.
• Good understanding of health, safety, and quality requirements within a production environment.
• Experience planning resources and allocating labour to meet programme or production schedules.
• Ability to interpret and apply method statements, risk assessments, and work instructions.

Qualifications for the Front Line Manager

• Demonstrable leadership experience gained within an engineering, manufacturing, production, or operational environment.
• Relevant supervisory, leadership, management, engineering, fabrication, or welding-related qualifications is desirable

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 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. 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: 26/08/2026

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