Planning Engineer

Babcock International; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock International seeks a Planning Engineer at their Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth. This full-time position offers a clear path for career growth within an agile and supportive environment, where you will manage project schedules and collaborate with various engineering teams. The role requires strong knowledge of project management systems and offers a range of benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and professional fee coverage.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Primavera P6 or other project management systems.
• Effective communication skills across all management levels.
• Solid understanding of project controls and management principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules for the non-Nuclear side of the business.
• Monitor progress and provide reports on local project spending.
• Ensure project baselines are consistent and aligned.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Knowledge of Primavera P6

Understanding of project controls

Education

BTEC in an engineering discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Windows-based applications

Job description

Job Title: Planning Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £38,084 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF64178

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 that’s out of the ordinary. This role offers strong career progression within a supportive team, providing a clear path for growth. Join an agile working environment that fosters development and continuous improvement, helping you advance in your career.

Day-to-day, you’ll operate within the non-Nuclear side of the business, collaborating with Engineers and the Design Authority to develop and maintain project schedules, ensuring alignment with operational goals and timelines.

• Expand detail within new and existing post-initiation project schedules.
• Maintain schedules and track local project spending for accurate cost collection.
• Monitor progress, provide reports, and analyse variances.
• Oversee project baselines for consistency and alignment.
• Manage change processes to ensure project adaptability.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Planning Engineer

• Strong knowledge of Primavera P6 or other Project Management systems, with proficiency in Windows-based applications.
• Effective communication skills across all levels of management.
• Solid understanding of project controls and management principles.
• Experience in facilities management within a regulated environment is advantageous.

Qualifications for the Planning Engineer

• BTEC in an engineering discipline or relevant experience.

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: 17/06/2025

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