Babcock International Group

Planning Engineer

Babcock International Group

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Plymouth • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £38,084 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Provide critical project planning and scheduling expertise to support Engineering Services across site‑wide facilities.
  • Develop and maintain programmes that keep complex engineering projects on track.
  • Ensure resources are aligned and milestones achieved.
  • Create baselined project schedules using Primavera P6 and facility requirements.
  • Develop and update programmes, delivery dates, and key milestones with project leads and subject matter experts.
  • Maintain project structures and logic within Primavera P6, ensuring accurate coding and reporting.
  • Facilitate progress meetings, analyse deviations, and recommend corrective actions.
  • Capture and validate project hours to support resource planning and SAP integration.

Requirements

  • Experience in an engineering environment with strong planning and programme management skills.
  • Knowledge of Primavera P6 (advantageous).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail and problem‑solving ability.
  • Minimum of 5 GCSEs (A–C / 4–9), including Maths and English.
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 planningschedulingprogramme managementPrimavera P6resource planningSAP integrationcodingreportinganalytical skillsproblem-solving
Soft skills
communication skillsattention to detailteam collaborationfacilitationanalytical mindset
Certifications
GCSEs