Assistant Project Manager - Production

Job Title:              Assistant Project Manager - Production
Location:              Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF61951

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Project Manager at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role
As an Assistant Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be fundamental in delivering key sub-systems to our customers on time. You will see the manufacture of submarine equipment first hand, to experience the complex quality requirements and to be a part of a significant UK project.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for scheduling, reporting, prioritisation, issue management, risk management and stakeholder management.
You will work closely with several teams including Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, wider Project Management teams, Commercial, Engineering and many more.

• Taking responsibility to ensure work continues through a safe working environment.
• Ensuring delivery of equipment to time/cost/quality.
• Approval of purchase order quotations.
• Point of contact for cross function liaison to ensure on time delivery to the customer.
• Responsible for progress reports for both internal and external consumption.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 5 days in the office/onsite. Once you have completed your training and become fully integrated into the organisation, you will have the opportunity to work from home 1 day a week.

Essential Experience of the Assistant Project Manager

• Experience of working in a manufacturing or project management environment.
• Strong computer literacy skills and extensive experience in data management. 
• Excellent stakeholder management & communication skills. 
• Experience of working to tight deadlines, plans, and schedules.
• Able to navigate change easily and continually seeks to learn and improve new skills.

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager 

• Professional Qualification or Project Management Qualification (desirable) or equivalent.
• UK driving Licence.
• Working towards chartership.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a SOLE UK National who is 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. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer 

• 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 the majority of 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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• Potential to develop skills
• A dynamic working environment

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 19/02/2025

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