Senior Operations Manager, Shipbuilding & Defence

weServed; Rosyth; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension (matched contributions)

Digital GP and health check

Shopping portal for employees

Professional fees paid

Reservists leave (10 days)

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Senior Operations Manager in Rosyth to provide strategic leadership for ship outfitting, testing and commissioning across electrical, mechanical, piping and construction activities. You will drive performance, manage budgets and risks, and develop leaders to deliver national-significant projects on a major defence programme.

The role emphasizes safety, collaboration and continuous improvement, with on-site work and opportunities to lead large-scale engineering and

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large operational teams within complex engineering, manufacturing, marine, defence or heavy industrial environments.
• Understanding of project controls, budgets, forecasting and resource management.
• Demonstrable success managing managers, supervisors and multidisciplinary teams to achieve business objectives.
• Experience delivering organisational change, improving performance and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders, customers and delivery partners

Responsibilities

• Driving safe, efficient and compliant delivery of ship outfitting, testing and commissioning activities.
• Managing operational performance, resources, budgets, forecasts and delivery risks to achieve programme milestones.
• Leading, motivating and developing supervisors, managers and operational teams to deliver programme objectives.
• Collaborating with engineering, project, supply chain and subcontractor teams to maximise productivity and quality.
• Championing a culture of safety, continuous improvement and operational excellence across the programme

Job description

Babcock is seeking a Senior Operations Manager in Rosyth to provide strategic leadership for ship outfitting, testing and commissioning across electrical, mechanical, piping and construction activities. You will drive performance, manage budgets and risks, and develop leaders to deliver national-significant projects on a major defence programme.

The role emphasizes safety, collaboration and continuous improvement, with on-site work and opportunities to lead large-scale engineering and