Production Planning & Control Manager

Job Title:           Production Planning & Control Manager
Location:           Bristol, UK 
Compensation:  Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:         Full time Permanent 
Role ID:             SF63466

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a  Production Planning and Control Manager at our Ashton site.

The role
As a Production Planning and Control Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will join a diverse and energetic team of production, project, engineering, and other functional staff working together to deliver cutting-edge defence projects to UK and international clients.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Planning & Control Manager to oversee and manage the planning and control stream within our manufacturing facility. The successful candidate will be accountable for our on-time delivery of products and assemblies, using operational governance, and cost controls to meet our customer demands working with key stakeholders. This role also involves leading a team of scheduling and production control personnel, collaborating with project managers and operational leads, and ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards.

Day-to-day, you’ll oversee:

• Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of planning and control staff, providing guidance, training, and support to ensure high performance and job satisfaction.
• Delivery Management: Oversee the entire delivery process, ensuring products are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
• Facility Control: Implement and maintain control procedures to ensure the facility operates and flows as required to meet deadlines through accurate scheduling and capacity planning.
• Operational Governance: Hold regular meetings to ensure operational governance, holding the facilities production managers to account for delivery performance and cost control.
• Customer Satisfaction: Work closely with project teams to ensure customer requirements are met and any issues are resolved promptly. Function as the primary point of contact for customers regarding delivery and control matters.
• Reporting: Prepare and present regular reports on delivery performance, facility metrics, and process improvements to stakeholders.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Ashton House.

Essential experience of the Production Planning and Control Manager:

• Proven experience in planning, delivery, and control management within a manufacturing environment or significant ability in production operations or project management.
• Strong knowledge of production facility planning, control, and governance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in managing projects, including planning, execution, monitoring, and completion, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer requirements.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to manage and motivate a diverse team and engage with various external stakeholders.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in using ERP and/or scheduling systems.

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. 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

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: 11/06/25