Assistant Project Manager

Babcock International; United States; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Digital GP & health checks

Employee share scheme

Flexible working

Job summary

At Babcock, a global FTSE 100 company, the Assistant Project Manager role offers hybrid work: 4 days onsite and 1 day remote, 37 hours per week, and exposure to the full project lifecycle across defence engineering.

You’ll support planning, scheduling, cost control and risk management, collaborate with manufacturing, engineering and procurement, and develop strong stakeholder relationships while aiming to deliver projects on time and to budget.

Qualifications

• Project Management qualification or equivalent experience (PFQ and/or PMQ desirable).

Responsibilities

• Supporting planning, scheduling, cost control and risk management activities across production programmes
• Coordinating work packages and monitoring progress to ensure delivery against agreed plans
• Working collaboratively with manufacturing, engineering and procurement teams to drive momentum
• Engaging with internal stakeholders to communicate progress, issues and mitigation actions
• Contributing to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance delivery performance

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Deadline-driven

Education

Project Management qualification or equivalent

Job description

problem-solving skills will directly influence project outcomes that matter to national security and customer success.You will work closely with manufacturing, engineering and commercial teams, gaining hands-on exposure to the full project lifecycle while building strong stakeholder relationships. It is an opportunity to grow your project management capability within a supportive, high-performance environment and develop a career at the cutting edge of defence engineering.Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Supporting planning, scheduling, cost control and risk management activities across production programmes
• Coordinating work packages and monitoring progress to ensure delivery against agreed plans
• Working collaboratively with manufacturing, engineering and procurement teams to drive momentum
• Engaging with internal stakeholders to communicate progress, issues and mitigation actions
• Contributing to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance delivery performance

Role details

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 4 days onsite and 1 day working from home.

Essential experience

• Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager
• Experience working within a project management or delivery environment
• Understanding of the project lifecycle from planning through to delivery
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to work to deadlines, schedules and changing priorities
• Confidence working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams

Qualifications

Qualifications for the Assistant Project ManagerProject Management qualification or equivalent experience (PFQ and/or PMQ desirable).

Security clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Must be Sole UK National. 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, allowing employees to buy or sell annual leave
• 'Be Kind Day' - one paid volunteering day per year
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• A dynamic, inclusive working environment focused on growth and wellbeing

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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.

Inclusive culture

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please ##### 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: 12/10/######MISYS