Production Hub lead

Nuclearinst; West Devon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Professional Fees coverage

Leave for Reservists

Job summary

Babcock at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth is seeking a Production Hub Lead to head the central production hub, bringing together pipe and reactor fitter resources. You will lead daily operations, plan with stakeholders, and drive improvements to deliver the submarine programme safely and efficiently.

The role is full-time on-site and requires leadership in mechanical engineering and manufacturing. You will manage priorities across projects, build teams, and contribute to national defence

Qualifications

• Experience leading or managing teams with varying levels of technical experience.
• Experience within a mechanical engineering, manufacturing, production or maintenance environment.
• Proven ability to coordinate resources and prioritise work to meet operational objectives.
• Experience working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders across a complex organisation.
• Demonstrable success in driving performance improvements and developing people.

Responsibilities

• Leading the daily operation of the production hub to ensure skilled resources are deployed effectively to support programme delivery.
• Chairing planning and look-ahead meetings with stakeholders to establish priorities and maintain delivery schedules.
• Collaborating with production and capability teams to develop workforce competence, skills and succession planning.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance quality, productivity, efficiency and cost performance.
• Building strong relationships with project teams and production managers, providing regular updates and managing resource priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Resource coordination

Stakeholder collaboration

Continuous improvement

Safety culture

Education

HNC qualification

Nuclear Plant Foundation Course Module 1

Job description

Job Title: Production Hub Lead

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £44,600 - £55,800 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75014

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 Production Hub Lead at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Production Hub Lead, you’ll can play your part as a Production Hub Lead at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon. Drawing on your leadership and engineering expertise, you will help shape the future of the UK's submarine programme while developing a new capability that will have a lasting impact on operational performance and efficiency.

Day-to-day, you’ll play a key role in supporting the submarine programme by bringing pipe and reactor fitter resources together into a central production hub. This is an exciting opportunity to establish and develop your own team, drive innovation, improve productivity, and influence how critical engineering work is delivered across the business. Your leadership will directly contribute to national defence capabilities while creating opportunities for your own professional growth and development.

• Leading the daily operation of the production hub to ensure skilled resources are deployed effectively to support programme delivery.
• Chairing planning and look-ahead meetings with stakeholders to establish priorities and maintain delivery schedules.
• Collaborating with production and capability teams to develop workforce competence, skills and succession planning.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance quality, productivity, efficiency and cost performance.
• Building strong relationships with project teams and production managers, providing regular updates and managing resource priorities.

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

Essential experience of the Production Hub Lead

• Experience leading or managing teams with varying levels of technical experience.
• Experience within a mechanical engineering, manufacturing, production or maintenance environment.
• Proven ability to coordinate resources and prioritise work to meet operational objectives.
• Experience working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders across a complex organisation.
• Demonstrable success in driving performance improvements and developing people.

Qualifications for the Production Hub Lead

Essential

• HNC qualification or equivalent technical qualification.
• Nuclear Plant Foundation Course Module 1.

Desirable

• Additional leadership, management or engineering qualifications.
• Experience within the defence, nuclear, marine or highly regulated industries.

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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

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. 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: 24/08/2026

#BABDESTNUC