Security Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension with life

Digital GP & health check

Employee shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

Reservists leave

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Security Manager for Rosyth to lead all aspects of physical security, protect classified information, and ensure compliance with government standards. This high-profile role places you as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, shaping security operations across the site.

You will drive risk management in a highly regulated environment, coordinate security activities, and support national security objectives while developing your career within a global organisation.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in security management or leadership roles.
• Experience with government security standards.
• Ability to obtain SC security clearance.
• Experience in regulated defence/government industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of physical security across the Rosyth site.
• Advise management on interpretations of security requirements for classified contracts.
• Manage systems and processes that protect classified information and documents.
• Oversee Security and Emergency Response Team to ensure effective security service.
• Coordinate visitor management and site-wide security activities with government standards.

Skills

Security leadership

Governance & compliance

Risk management

Job description

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Security Manager

Location:

Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Security Manager

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76290

Lead security excellence at the heart of a critical defence infrastructure programme.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Security Manager at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife.

The role

As a Security Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in safeguarding one of the UK's most important defence and marine engineering environments. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, you'll ensure that physical security, classified information management and compliance with government security requirements are effectively managed across the site.

This is a high-profile leadership role where your expertise will directly support national security, protect critical infrastructure and enable the successful delivery of defence programmes. You'll work alongside stakeholders at all levels, influence strategic decision-making and lead security operations that make a real difference. In return, you'll have the opportunity to further develop your career within a global organisation committed to investing in its people and creating meaningful careers.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Leading all aspects of physical security across the Rosyth Business Park site.
• Advising management teams on the interpretation and implementation of security requirements for classified contracts.
• Managing systems and processes that protect classified documents, materials and sensitive information.
• Overseeing the Security and Emergency Response Team to ensure an effective and efficient security service.
• Coordinating visitor management services and site-wide security activities while maintaining compliance with government standards.

This is a full time role that is based onsite at Rosyth. You’ll work Monday to Friday with a half day on Friday.

Essential experience of the Security Manager:

• Previous experience working with Government security standards.
• Previous experience operating within a highly regulated environment subject to legislation and compliance requirements.
• A minimum of five years' experience within a relevant security management or security leadership role.
• Experience managing physical security operations, personnel or contracted security services.
• Experience interpreting and implementing security policies within defence, government or similarly regulated industries.

Qualifications for the Security Manager:

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

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 29,000 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.

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