Project Manager

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Bristol is seeking a Project Manager to oversee complex engineering projects that enhance national security. This full-time role offers hybrid working arrangements and requires strong project management skills, often within defence or engineering environments. The ideal candidate will have an APM qualification and experience managing project lifecycles. Join a team devoted to innovation and excellence in defence systems.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of professional fees

Special paid leave for reservists

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Comprehensive employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience managing the full lifecycle of engineering projects.
• Proven ability to coordinate cost, time, and quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage full lifecycle of engineering projects.
• Coordinate delivery teams effectively.
• Support requirement capture and proposal development.

Skills

Project management techniques in technical environments

Commercial awareness

Contract management understanding

Independent project leadership

Experience in defence or engineering sectors

Education

APM qualification

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF68039

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 site, near Bristol.

About Us

We’re trusted to deliver integrated solutions across global defence and security. Our Mission Systems business area provides cutting-edge intelligence, surveillance, communications, and weapons handling solutions. Join us and be part of one of the most ambitious defence programmes in the UK - Dreadnought, the next-generation submarine initiative.

The Role

As a Project Manager, you’ll take a leading role in delivering complex engineering projects that directly contribute to national security. You’ll be part of an established Integrated Project Team, responsible for the design, development, qualification, and delivery of major subsystems. This is a unique opportunity to grow your career while making a meaningful impact on society.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for:

• Managing the full lifecycle of engineering projects from concept to delivery.


• Coordinating cost, time, and quality requirements across delivery teams.


• Supporting requirement capture, scoping, and proposal development.


• Collaborating with internal stakeholders across Mission Systems and wider Babcock teams.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Project Manager

• Applying project management techniques in technical environments.


• Demonstrating strong commercial awareness and contract management understanding.


• Leading smaller projects independently and supporting larger programmes.


• Working within defence or engineering sectors (preferred but not essential).

Qualifications for the Project Manager

• APM qualification (desirable).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Ideally the successful candidate would need to achieve Security Check (SC) security clearance to support across the business functions.

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.

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: 10/10/2025

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