Senior Detail Planner - Fixed Term Contract

Babcock International Group; Rosyth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP & health checks

Employee shopping portal

Professional fees covered

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock International Group in Rosyth is seeking a Senior Detail Planner to transform complex engineering requirements into detailed, workable plans. You will lead Level 4/5 schedules, coordinate materials and resources, and drive on-time delivery across our Marine programmes.

The role is on-site, full-time (36 hours per week, Monday–Thursday) with overtime opportunities. Security clearance is required to work on national defence projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning within a complex engineering, construction, manufacturing or defence environment.
• Experience leading teams and coordinating activities with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of production engineering principles and delivery processes.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP or IFS.
• Experience in estimating, forecasting and resource planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and maintenance of detailed Level 4 and Level 5 schedules aligned to programme objectives.
• Manage rolling short and medium-term planning activities to keep plans achievable and delivery-focused.
• Monitor work in progress, analyse performance against metrics, and report risks, issues and delays.
• Coordinate material requirements, budgets, documentation and resources to support project delivery teams.
• Plan emergent and additional work activities to integrate them into programme schedules.

Skills

Planning

Team leadership

Production engineering principles

SAP/IFS knowledge

Estimating & forecasting

Education

ONC in construction/engineering

Professional qualification (APM/ACostE/RICS)

Tools

SAP

IFS

Job description

Compensation: £45,284 - £52,872 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / 2 Year - Fixed Term Contract

Role ID: SF75741

Lead the planning that powers one of the United Kingdom's most important marine engineering programmes.

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 Senior Detail Planner at our Rosyth site.

Job Title: Senior Detail Planner

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £45,284 - £52,872 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / 2 Year - Fixed Term Contract

Role ID: SF75741

Lead the planning that powers one of the United Kingdom's most important marine engineering programmes.

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 Senior Detail Planner at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Senior Detail Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll take a leading role in turning complex engineering and operational requirements into detailed, workable plans that drive successful project delivery. Working within our Marine business, you'll help ensure critical defence and engineering programmes are delivered safely, efficiently and on schedule.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Leading the creation and maintenance of detailed Level 4 and Level 5 schedules aligned to programme objectives.
• Managing rolling short and medium-term planning activities, ensuring plans remain achievable and delivery focused.
• Monitoring work in progress, analysing performance against key metrics and reporting risks, issues and delays.
• Coordinating material requirements, budgets, documentation and resources to support project delivery teams.
• Planning emergent and additional work activities to ensure they are integrated effectively into programme schedules.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday and is based on site at Rosyth. Overtime opportunities are available on Fridays and Sundays where required.

Essential Experience Of The Senior Detail Planner

• Demonstrable experience in planning, project controls or operations planning within a complex engineering, construction, manufacturing or defence environment.
• Experience leading teams and coordinating activities across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of production engineering principles and delivery processes.
• Working knowledge of enterprise resource planning systems such as SAP, IFS or equivalent platforms.
• Experience in estimating, forecasting and resource planning.

Qualifications For The Senior Detail Planner

• Ordinary National Certificate in a relevant construction trade, engineering discipline, or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Professional qualification such as Association for Project Management, Association of Cost Engineers, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, or equivalent is desirable

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: 08/09/2026

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