Project Manager

Babcock International Group; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme with life assurance

Digital GP access

Aviva DigiCare+ access

Employee shopping portal

Payment of professional fees

Reservists leave (10 days)

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock, a global defence and engineering company, is seeking a Project Manager for its Plymouth, Devon site with hybrid working arrangements. You will own complex construction and infrastructure initiatives within a defence environment, leading planning, coordination and delivery with a strong emphasis on safety and security.

You’ll collaborate with diverse stakeholders, drive performance, and foster a robust safety culture while advancing national security and critical infrastructure programs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing complex projects in challenging environments.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams to achieve project goals.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles, governance and delivery processes.
• Experience applying organisational policies, procedures and capability management frameworks.
• Health and safety training such as IOSH or NEBOSH.
• NEC4 experience – Desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-construction and construction teams to deliver objectives safely.
• Promote nuclear safety and security culture across projects.
• Manage project schedules, reporting, and financial performance.
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to manage risks and opportunities.
• Embed health, safety, security and environmental requirements throughout delivery.

Skills

Complex project management

Team leadership

Governance

Policies & procedures

Health & safety training

NEC4 experience

Education

Level 6 qualification (Engineering/PM/Construction)

APM qualification

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

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

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73215

Lead Major Construction Projects That Help Create a Safe and Secure World.

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 Plymouth, Devon site.

The role

As a Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll take ownership of complex construction and infrastructure projects within one of the UK's most important defence environments. Working at the heart of a highly skilled team, you'll lead the planning, coordination and delivery of construction activities while ensuring the highest standards of safety, security and environmental responsibility.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a visible impact on major programmes that support national security and critical infrastructure. You'll collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, develop your leadership capabilities, and play a key role in delivering projects that matter. Whether you're driving project performance, managing multidisciplinary teams, or promoting a strong safety culture, your work will contribute directly to Babcock's mission of creating a safe and secure world.

Day-to-day, You’ll Be Required To

• Lead and coordinate pre-construction and construction teams to deliver project objectives safely and effectively.
• Drive a strong nuclear safety and security culture across projects, ensuring compliance with all relevant processes and standards.
• Manage project schedules, reporting, financial performance and construction management activities.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to manage risks, dependencies and opportunities.
• Ensure health, safety, security and environmental requirements are embedded throughout project delivery.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week, based onsite at Devonport

Essential Experience Of The Project Manager

• Proven experience managing complex projects and delivering successful outcomes within challenging environments.
• Experience leading and motivating multidisciplinary teams to achieve project goals.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles, governance and delivery processes.
• Experience applying organisational policies, procedures and capability management frameworks.
• Health and safety training such as IOSH or NEBOSH
• NEC4 experience – Desirable

Qualifications For The Project Manager

• A recognised Level 6 qualification in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline is preferred, or equivalent demonstrable experience operating at this level.
• Association for Project Management Qualification certified, preferably working towards Registered Project Professional status

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 (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 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

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: 31/08/2026

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