Ship Manager

weServed; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Professional fees paid

Disability & flexible working support

Job summary

Babcock, based in Rosyth, Scotland, is seeking a Ship Manager to lead delivery on the Type 31 programme. You will oversee outfit installation through vessel acceptance and drive safety, quality, and performance while coordinating multidisciplinary teams on site.

The role requires proven leadership in shipbuilding or defence, strong project delivery and budgeting experience, and the ability to work on site at Rosyth with eligibility for security clearance. This is a full-time permanent position.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in shipbuilding/defence/marine/construction settings.
• Experience managing large multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors.
• Strong background in project delivery, planning, resource management and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the safe delivery of outfit installation through to vessel acceptance.
• Develop and execute delivery strategies aligned to programme objectives.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors to meet performance, quality and schedule targets.
• Drive operational efficiency and a strong safety culture across delivery teams.
• Forecast and manage resources, budgets and project priorities with stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team management

Project delivery

Budget management

Health & safety

Education

Engineering degree

Industry body membership

Construction trade qualification

Job description

Job Title: Ship Manager

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75570

Lead Delivery on One of the United Kingdom’s Most Significant Naval Shipbuilding 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 Ship Manager at our Rosyth site.

The role

As aShip Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll take a leading role in delivering critical shipbuilding activities that directly support the future capability of the Royal Navy. This is an exciting opportunity to oversee the safe and successful delivery of outfit installation activities through to vessel acceptance on the Type 31 programme, one of the most important defence projects in the United Kingdom today. You'll influence complex operational decisions, lead large multidisciplinary teams, and help shape the future of naval engineering while advancing your own leadership career in a high-profile programme environment.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Leading the safe delivery of all outfit installation activities through to vessel acceptance.
• Developing and executing delivery strategies that support programme objectives and successful project outcomes.
• Managing multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors to achieve performance, quality and schedule targets.
• Driving operational efficiency, continuous improvement and a strong safety culture across delivery teams.
• Forecasting and managing resources, budgets and project priorities while engaging with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday 07:15 – 16:45 and is based on site at Rosyth.

Essential experience of the Ship Manager

• Significant leadership experience within shipbuilding, defence, marine, engineering or construction environments.
• Experience managing large multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors within complex delivery programmes.
• Strong background in project delivery, planning, resource management and operational performance.
• Experience managing budgets, controls and commercial considerations.
• Knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation, risk assessment, operational planning and full construction lifecycle delivery through to commissioning.

Qualifications for the Ship Manager

• Relevant construction trade qualification or relevant engineering qualification.
• Professional qualification in an engineering discipline.
• Membership of a recognised industry body relevant to your experience

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: 27/08/2026

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