Project Assistant

Babcock International; Helensburgh; Hybrid; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contracting company in Helensburgh is seeking a Project Assistant to support national security efforts. You will manage schedules, assist with reports, and track project performance. Ideal candidates should have a background in project management and strong relationship-building skills. This full-time role offers hybrid working arrangements and is essential for keeping submarines operational. Excellent benefits are provided, including a generous holiday allowance and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading option

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Responsibilities

• Manage scheduling of key events
• Assist in developing BI reports and maintaining tracking systems
• Monitor risk management plans
• Support development of communications
• Track KPIs related to availability and planning

Skills

Ability to build rapport and maintain strong relationships

Knowledge of project management techniques

Skilled in prioritising work and balancing resources

Experience managing budgets

Ability to capture and present project information

Education

APM Project Foundation Qualification (PFQ)

Management of Subcontractors training

IOSH Managing Safely

Job description

Job Title

Project Assistant

Location

Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation

£38,084 + Benefits

Role Type

Full time / Permanent

Play Your Part in Supporting the UK’s Submarine Capability

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 Assistant at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role

As a Project Assistant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll help deliver critical engineering and programme management services that keep the UK’s submarines operational and safe. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to national security and support the Royal Navy’s mission.

Day-to-day, you’ll work within a collaborative team, managing schedules, tracking demand, and ensuring projects run smoothly. Your role will make a real difference to the safety of submariners and the success of our enterprise.

• Manage scheduling of key events to protect strategic and operational requirements
• Assist in developing BI reports and maintaining demand tracking systems
• Monitor risk management plans and assess changes in work scope against forecasts
• Support development of communications to convey issues promptly
• Track KPIs related to availability and planning

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements, due to desk availability this may change on a weekly basis and will be discussed at the time of interview.

Essential experience of the Project Assistant

• Ability to build rapport and maintain strong relationships
• Knowledge of project management techniques and activities
• Skilled in prioritising work and balancing resources across multiple packages
• Experience managing budgets and understanding funding routes
• Ability to capture and present project information clearly

Qualifications for the Project Assistant

• APM Project Foundation Qualification (PFQ) or equivalent (advantageous)
• Management of Subcontractors training or equivalent - Desirable
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent - 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 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

08/12/2025