Project Manager

Babcock International; Helensburgh; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering firm is seeking a Project Manager to lead high-impact projects at their Helensburgh site. This full-time role involves managing customer relationships and ensuring project governance while offering hybrid working arrangements. Candidates should have a strong background in project management with relevant qualifications. The position comes with a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, bonus opportunities, and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Qualifications

• Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment.
• Proven track record across the full project lifecycle.
• Experience managing complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Leading projects to enhance performance across improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining robust project governance frameworks.
• Planning, monitoring, and delivering projects.

Skills

Project lifecycle management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional awareness

Education

Relevant professional qualifications in project management or engineering

APM, PRINCE2 or equivalent certifications

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Up to £62,500 depending on experience + Bonus + Healthcare + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67520

Lead the Change. Shape the Future.

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 HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role

As a Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of the Babcock Clyde Improvement Programme, leading high-impact projects that drive operational excellence and innovation across our defence and engineering operations. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of naval support and infrastructure, while growing your career in a dynamic and purpose-driven environment.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Leading projects to deliver performance across a portfolio of improvement initiatives.
• Establishing and maintaining robust project governance frameworks.
• Managing customer and stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment and success.
• Working within an integrated Programme Management Office (PMO) to define, plan, monitor and control delivery.
• Planning, monitoring, reporting and delivering projects to meet strategic objectives.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Project Manager

• Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment.
• Proven track record across the full project lifecycle, from bid phase to close out.
• Experience managing complex projects involving diverse products and services.
• Strong cross-functional awareness of lifecycle requirements for supporting functions.

Qualifications for the Project Manager

• Relevant professional qualifications in project management or engineering.
• Preferred: APM, PRINCE2, or equivalent certifications

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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.

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: 30/09/2025

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