Senior Ship Project Manager

Babcock International; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Rosyth is seeking a Senior Ship Project Manager to lead marine projects. The role involves managing project delivery on time and within budget while integrating multidisciplinary teams. Applicants should have extensive experience in project management and a relevant degree. This full-time role offers competitive benefits and requires security clearance. Join us in shaping the future of defense.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP services

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive recent experience in a similar environment.
• Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead an integrated project delivery team.
• Manage customer interfaces and key stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate project risks.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, project, or construction management

Postgraduate qualification (desirable)

APM Chartered Professional (ChPP)

Job description

Job Title: Senior Ship Project Manager

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69862

Lead the delivery of world‑class marine projects that shape the future of defence.

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 Rosyth site.

The role

As a Senior Ship Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll take ownership of delivering the Ship Project to plan on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and scope. This is a pivotal role where you’ll integrate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, supply chain, production, and quality to achieve exceptional results.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Build and lead an integrated project delivery team across multiple functions.
• Manage customer interfaces and key stakeholders, ensuring strong relationships.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, implementing effective responses.
• Drive world‑class performance through continuous improvement and technology adoption.
• Oversee governance, reporting, and compliance to deliver against project objectives.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week Monday to Friday and is based on site at Rosyth.

Essential experience of the Senior Ship Project Manager

• Extensive recent experience in a similar environment or business sector.
• Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects involving diverse products and services.
• Strong knowledge of contracting methodologies (e.g., FIDIC, NEC, JCT).
• Cross‑functional awareness of lifecycle requirements for supporting functions.

Qualifications for the Senior Ship Project Manager

• Ideally a bachelor’s degree in engineering, project, or construction management (or related field).
• Postgraduate qualification desirable, as is membership of a professional body.
• APM Chartered Professional (ChPP) or working towards this within 12 months.

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 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 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
• 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.

Closing date: 20/01/2026