Senior Project Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their team at the Ashchurch site in Tewkesbury. This pivotal role involves overseeing a team within the Project Management Office, ensuring the successful delivery of complex projects across government contracts. You will leverage your extensive project management experience to maintain high standards and accountability while managing risks and stakeholder relationships. This opportunity offers a chance to contribute to a safe and secure world, with excellent development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package. If you're passionate about project management and seeking a rewarding challenge, this role could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Project Management on complex engineering projects.
• Defence and security experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams in delivering government contracts with high standards.
• Manage project lifecycle from requirements capture to delivery and handover.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Financial Management

Education

APM Project Professional Qualification

PRINCE2/Project Management Institute (PMI)

Job description

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Senior Project Manager

Location: Gloucester, GB, GL20 8LZ

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60792

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 Project Manager at our Ashchurch site in Tewkesbury.

The role
As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be a senior manager in the Project Management Office (PMO) within our ISTAR & Cyber business area, you’ll be responsible for leading a team of project management and support staff delivering a portfolio of tasks and projects across government contracts.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide operational management of our project teams, you’ll be responsible for the timely and cost-effective delivery of products and services to our customers.

• You’ll provide end-to-end delivery of complex projects throughout the project lifecycle. Responsible for supporting customers from early requirements capture, right through to delivery and handover.
• You’ll apply strong project management skills and methodologies to ensure consistency, quality, accountability and high standards across the PMO and you’ll regularly present project performance to seniors and directors.
• You’ll apply appropriate and scalable project controls to all areas of your projects, including risk, financial, change and stakeholder management, in-line with Babcock and APM methodologies.
• Providing overall operational and strategic management of the PMO you’ll be responsible for personnel management of staff, workload balancing and supporting with recruitment.

This role is full time 37 hours per week and is based on site at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Glos.

Essential experience of the Senior Project Manager

• Extensive experience in Project Management.
• Experience working on complex engineering projects preferred.
• Defence and security experience is highly desirable.

Qualifications for the Senior Project Manager

• APM Project Professional Qualification (SCQF Level 9, PMQ, PRINCE2/Project Management Institute (PMI), or equivalents.
• Current, valid DV Security clearance.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who holds current, valid DV clearance, and is able to achieve and maintain Enhanced Developed Vetting (EDV) security clearance for this role.

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 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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.