Planning Engineer

Babcock International; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in the UK is seeking a Planning Engineer to contribute to national defense projects at the Devonport Royal Dockyard. The role involves project planning, scheduling expertise, and maintaining delivery dates. Essential qualifications include experience in an engineering environment, proficiency in Primavera P6, and a minimum of 5 GCSEs including Maths and English. The position offers competitive compensation and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Development opportunities and wellbeing programmes

Responsibilities

• Provide project planning and scheduling expertise to support engineering services.
• Develop baselined project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Update project programmes, delivery dates, and key milestones.
• Facilitate progress meetings and analyse deviations.
• Validate project hours for resource planning.

Skills

Engineering environment experience

Planning and programme management

Primavera P6 knowledge

Microsoft Office proficiency

Strong communication skills

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Problem-solving ability

Education

Minimum of 5 GCSEs (A-C / 4-9), including Maths and English

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: Planning Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £38,084 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70411

Plan the projects that power 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 Planning Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Planning Engineer, you’ll have a role where your analytical skills and attention to detail will directly contribute to national defence capability, while giving you the opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic and purposeful environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide critical project planning and scheduling expertise to support Engineering Services across site‑wide facilities. You’ll develop and maintain programmes that keep complex engineering projects on track, ensuring resources are aligned and milestones achieved.

• Creating baselined project schedules using Primavera P6 and facility requirements.
• Developing and updating programmes, delivery dates, and key milestones with project leads and subject matter experts.
• Maintaining project structures and logic within Primavera P6, ensuring accurate coding and reporting.
• Facilitating progress meetings, analysing deviations, and recommending corrective actions.
• Capturing and validating project hours to support resource planning and SAP integration.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Planning Engineer

• Experience in an engineering environment with strong planning and programme management skills.
• Knowledge of Primavera P6 (advantageous).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail and problem‑solving ability.

Qualifications for the Planning Engineer

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs (A–C / 4–9), including Maths and English.

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.

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.

Closing date: 08/01/2026

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