Lead Project Manager

Babcock International; Helensburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering services provider is seeking a Lead Project Manager in Helensburgh. You will oversee multiple projects, leading delivery teams to ensure performance and effective governance. The ideal candidate will have extensive project management experience and relevant qualifications, including a professional project certification. This role offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension contributions

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefits

Be Kind Day for volunteering

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Experience in managing multiple projects effectively.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Extensive experience in project risk management.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer and stakeholder interfaces.
• Lead the project to deliver performance.
• Establish and maintain governance arrangements.

Skills

Project Management

Project Risk Management

Business Processes

Procurement processes

Process Improvement

Leadership

Business Applications

Education

Professional project qualification (APM, Prince 2)

Chartered membership of a relevant body

Relevant HND level qualification

Level 5 or above Leadership and Management qualification

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Lead Project Manager

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65464

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 Project Manager at our Clyde, Faslane site.

The role

As a Lead Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Your role will include managing multiple projects and being accountable for performance and results achieved through multiple managers and senior grade professional associates and technical specialists.

Day-to-day, you’ll build an integrated project delivery team that works together to define, plan, monitor and control the successful delivery of the project:

• Managing customer and stakeholder interfaces
• Lead the project to deliver performance
• Establishing and maintaining governance arrangements for the project
• Accountable for planning and monitoring the project

This role is full time, 36 hours per week (Monday to Thursday 07:15 to 16:45) and whilst being predominantly based on site at HMNB Clyde (near Helensburgh) there will be opportunities for hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Lead Project Manager

• Project Management and Project Risk Management techniques
• Business Processes (HR, Finance Commercial)
• Procurement processes
• Process Improvement techniques
• Leadership
• Business Applications

Qualifications for the Lead Project Manager

• Hold a professional project qualification such as APM (PMQ) or Prince 2
• Hold or be working towards a chartered membership of a relevant body (RICS/CIOB/CIBSE/APM/PMI) or have considerable tangible experience in a similar role
• Hold a relevant HND level qualification or extensive experience within a similar role
• Hold a level 5 or above Leadership and Management qualification or have substantial management and leadership experience

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

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.

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