
Project Manager
Babcock International Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Plymouth • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £54,019 per year
About the role
- Lead a defined project scope, setting direction, deploying resources and driving collaboration to deliver agreed outcomes.
- Manage and develop people across direct, dotted‑line and matrix structures, driving high performance and cohesion.
- Oversee governance, processes and reporting, ensuring clear visibility of progress, priorities and compliance.
- Control financial, operational and subcontractor resources, ensuring delivery aligns with agreed cost, time and quality.
- Lead risk and issue management activities, identifying and mitigating threats and opportunities.
- The role involves managing multidisciplinary teams and collaborating closely with engineering, operations, planning, finance, subcontractors and regulators.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in schedule planning and management.
- Strong background in risk, opportunity and issue management.
- Practical knowledge of budgeting, cost control and financial oversight.
- Proven leadership capability with experience managing and developing teams.
- Experience engaging, influencing and managing stakeholders and communications.
- APM Project Management Qualification or a degree in a STEM or business discipline.
- APM Project Risk Management Level 2 - Desirable
- Project Planning and Controls Foundation - Desirable
- The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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 & Tools
schedule planningrisk managementissue managementbudgetingcost controlfinancial oversightproject planningproject controls
Soft Skills
leadershipteam managementstakeholder engagementinfluencingcommunication
Certifications
APM Project Management QualificationAPM Project Risk Management Level 2Project Planning and Controls Foundation