Supervisor

Babcock International; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering company is seeking a Supervisor based in Bovington, Dorset. In this full-time role, you will inspire and lead teams to achieve operational goals with a focus on Health and Safety. Ideal candidates should have relevant supervisory experience and qualifications at NQF Level 2 and 3. The company offers a competitive salary of £39,190 plus benefits like generous holiday, a matched pension scheme, and employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Volunteering day

Professional fees coverage

Holiday Trading benefits

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience supervising teams and meeting operational goals.
• Ability to engage and motivate a diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery teams have the right people and tools for planned outputs.
• Maintain systems for real-time decision-making.
• Deliver visibility for effective collaboration across the business.

Skills

Supervising teams

Driving performance

Health and Safety management

Education

Level 2 on the National Qualification Framework

Relevant technical or vocational qualification at NQF Level 3

Job description

Job Title: Supervisor

Location: Wareham, Dorset

Compensation: £39,190 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

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 Supervisor at our Bovington, Dorset site.

The role

As a Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be a first-line leader, inspiring your team to deliver exceptional performance with Health and Safety at the forefront. You’ll drive productivity and efficiency, ensuring your team is fully engaged and meeting customer requirements.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Ensure delivery teams have the right people, tools, and processes in place to safely achieve planned outputs.
• Maintain and update systems to provide accurate, real-time information for informed decision‑making.
• Deliver visibility across the wider business to enable effective support and collaboration.

This role is full time working 37 hours per week and is based on site at Bovington, Dorset.

Essential experience of the Supervisor

Proven experience in supervising teams and driving performance to achieve operational goals.

Qualifications for the Supervisor

• Educated to a minimum of Level 2 on the National Qualification Framework (e.g., Intermediate Apprenticeship, Level 2 NVQ, GCSE Grade A–C, O Level A–C, or CSE Grade 1), or equivalent workplace experience.
• Holds a relevant technical or vocational qualification at NQF Level 3 (e.g., Advanced Apprenticeship, Level 3 NVQ) or equivalent.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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: 31/12/2025