About the role

  • Production Manager at Babcock leading operational teams to deliver critical production output for Defence programme. Ensuring efficient production plans and managing resources effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Lead operational teams, optimise resources and deliver critical production output for a major Defence programme.
  • Ensure that production plans are delivered safely, efficiently and to target.
  • Manage operational resources, oversee allocation and prioritisation of work, and ensure spend is controlled against plan.
  • Maintain operational readiness and drive continuous improvement across the business.
  • Monitor and control spend against delivery requirements.
  • Make effective decisions based on available information and operational needs.

Requirements

  • Ability to lead and manage individuals and teams.
  • Comfortable challenging and holding difficult conversations when required.
  • Strong decision‑making skills using available data and judgement.
  • Experience managing allocated budgets.
  • Ability to prioritise effectively with limited resources.
  • Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions.

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 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.

Job title

Production Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£25,270 - £27,462 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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