Hybrid Project Manager

at Babcock International Group

• Job title: Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £54,019 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Plymouth, United Kingdom

About the role

• Project Manager at Babcock managing multidisciplinary teams and complex defense projects. Leading project scope, governance, and stakeholder management in Plymouth with hybrid work arrangements.

Responsibilities

• 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.