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Location:

Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Transport Support Pool Co-ordinator

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66670

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 Transport Support Pool Co-ordinator at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Transport Support Pool Co-ordinator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join the Logistics Transport team within the Supply Chain business unit of Babcock’s Naval Nuclear Division. Operating across marine defence and commercial sectors, this role plays a vital part in ensuring the efficient movement of materials and equipment that underpin critical naval operations.

Day-to-day, you’ll be working in a customer facing role supporting the administration of Ministry of Defence (MOD) transport vehicles. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Administer Ministry of Defence transport vehicles, including bookings, returns, and fuel card reconciliation
• Schedule and coordinate inspections, MOTs, and servicing to maintain vehicle readiness
• Manage defects, accidents, and liaise with garages to ensure timely repairs
• Audit and manage vehicle usage records, escalating discrepancies or misuse
• Deliver customer training and maintain digital records to support compliance

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard

Essential experience of the Transport Support Pool Co-ordinator

• Audit administration experience or fleet management background
• Exceptional attention to detail with ability to interrogate, verify, and audit paperwork for accuracy and regulatory compliance
• Scheduling and coordination expertise
• Customer-facing experience delivering professional support and resolving queries in high-paced environments
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Qualifications for the Transport Support Pool Co-ordinator

• NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification in Business Administration or Customer Service
• GCSEs/O Levels A-C (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
• Full valid UK driving licence

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

• 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.