Project Assistant

Job Title:                     Project Assistant

Location:                     Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                  Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                      SF65010

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 Project Assistant at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role

As a Project Assistant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The Project Assistant role is based within our Mission Systems business area. Babcock is a trusted provider of integrated solutions for global defence and security. We have a wide portfolio of best-in-class intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, communications, and weapons launch and handling solutions across all domains, integrating the best of industry to meet our customers’ needs.

Day-to-day, you’ll contribute to weekly, monthly and quarterly project/programme reporting requirements, support risk and opportunity management and help maintain delivery schedules, forecasts and baseline change requests. You'll also raise, control and monitor purchase order requisitions in our business system to initiate key procurement activities.

• Provide inventory management and support to submarines internationally. You’ll work with ships/ subs in UK, Canada, Spain and Australia and all the support they need.
• Will procure parts and deliver them to the boats.
• This is an all-rounder role and will take on multiple moving parts and keep track.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides flexible hybrid working arrangements with up to 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Project Assistant

• Proficient with MS Office software.
• Experience working in teams.
• Able to show drive and desire to make a daily positive impact.
• Organised, tasks orientated mindset.
• Procurement – raising requisitions, tracking purchase orders (desirable).
• Experience of using IFS, or similar ERP/Oracle system.

Qualifications for the Project Assistant

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate must be able to obtain and achieve Security Check (SC) security clearance once in post.

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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘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: 18/06/2025