Babcock International Group

Project Controls Manager

Babcock International Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Walsall • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £65,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

ERP

About the role

  • Lead the development and implementation of our Project Management Office (PMO) strategy within a fast-paced vehicle conversion and manufacturing environment.
  • Oversee the planning, execution, and governance of complex engineering and production programmes, ensuring alignment with business goals, regulatory standards, and customer expectations.
  • Design, embed, and lead PMO strategy, processes, and localised project control mechanisms tailored to manufacturing and engineering environments.
  • Oversee cross-functional project delivery across design, procurement, production, and quality assurance.
  • Implement robust governance frameworks to manage risk, compliance, and change control.
  • Act as Gate Keeper and Mentor to ensure project lifecycle stages, gate reviews, and approval processes are understood and followed.
  • Champion digital tools and systems for project tracking and reporting (e.g., MS Project, ERP systems, PowerBI dashboards).

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading PMO or large-scale project portfolios in manufacturing, automotive, or engineering sectors.
  • Excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Ability to take initiative, work independently under pressure, organise and prioritise tasks.
  • Ability to mentor and develop project managers and coordinators.
  • Degree in Project Management, Engineering or closely related fields.
  • Certified to either PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM PMQ, with proven post-qualification experience.
  • Proficiency in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2).
  • Expertise in project planning tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, ERP systems).
  • The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Benefits
  • 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.
  • ‘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.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
project managementproject planningAgileWaterfallPRINCE2risk managementcompliance managementchange controlengineeringmanufacturing
Soft skills
leadershipstakeholder engagementinitiativeindependenceorganisational skillsprioritisationmentoringdevelopment of project managerscommunicationcross-functional collaboration
Certifications
PRINCE2 PractitionerAPM PMQ