Project Manager

Babcock International Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Project Manager to oversee a diverse range of projects at their Bristol or Leicester sites. The role involves managing critical business requirements, overseeing contract delivery, and leading a multi-disciplinary team. Successful candidates will have project management qualifications and the ability to secure necessary security clearance, along with proven experience in project lifecycle and stakeholder management.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in project management within complex engineering environments (Defence industry preferred).
• Managing million-pound contracts.
• Knowledge of project controls tools for decision making.

Responsibilities

• Manage a multi-disciplinary team through project phases.
• Deliver contracts on time and within budget.
• Drive delivery momentum and achieve project goals.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Project Lifecycle Knowledge

Contract Management

Interpersonal Skills

Financial Acumen

Education

Project Management Qualification

Job description

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Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol OR Whetstone, Leicester + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF

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 Ashton Vale, Bristol or Whetstone, Leicestershire site.

The Role
As a Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As a Project Manager, you will take accountability for critical business requirements from day one. You will be working within the Ships & Air team managing a diverse range of projects delivering into key customer programmes.

Day-to-day, you’ll be managing a multi-disciplinary team through the define and execution phases of the project and be responsible for design reviews, contract management, scheduling, project controls, internal and external reporting, and procurement activities.

• Work alongside stakeholders from across the Ships & Air team, and wider business, to help drive delivery momentum and achieve the project goals.
• Responsible for delivering contracts on time, to quality and within budget and will be the key interface with the customer.
• Responsible for high performance and delivering the agreed scope of work.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with working days onsite, at either Ashton Vale, Bristol or Whetstone, Leicestershire and working days working from home.

Essential experience of the Project Manager

• Experience in a project management environment within complex engineering environment (Defence industry preferred)
• Experience managing million-pound contracts and above.
• Knowledge of full project lifecycle, and project controls tools and how these tools operate to provide key information for decision making (governance, budgeting and forcasting, resource management etc.)
• Commercially and financially astute, with a challenging mind-set.
• Excellent interpersonal skills / stakeholder management – communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels and with external bodies.

Qualifications for the Project Manager

• Project Management Qualification or Project Professional Qualification or equivalent (or working towards).

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate will be eligible to start on Standard (BPSS) security clearance but will need to obtain and achieve Security Check (SC) security clearance.

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

What We Offer

• 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 the majority of 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