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Security Manager

Location: 

Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ Helensburgh, GB, G84 8HL Plymouth, GB, PL1 3JB Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD Westminster, London, GB, W1U 1QX

Onsite or Hybrid:  Hybrid

Job Title:                     Security Manager

Location:                     Rotational – 6 weeks Europe / 2 weeks off

Compensation:           Up to £60,000 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF71673

 

Protect our people. Support international operations. Make a global impact.

 

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Security Manager, supporting our overseas rotational programme.

 

The role

As a Security Manager, you’ll play a vital role in safeguarding Babcock personnel, contractors and country‑based staff while they work overseas. Working closely with the Principal Security Specialist and Contract Manager, you’ll ensure the right protective measures are in place and that operational sites remain safe, compliant and secure.

 

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

 

  • Ensuring effective security measures are implemented and maintained across your main site and any additional sites you may support.
  • Responding to security‑related issues and working proactively to keep personnel safe.
  • Providing professional, high‑quality security support, adapting flexibly to changing operational needs.
  • Assisting with site security administration, documentation and incident reporting.
  • Supporting colleagues, covering tasks as needed, and responding appropriately to emergencies.

 

This is a full time, permanent role delivered on a 6-week European deployment / 2-week off-rotation basis.

 

Essential experience of the Security Manager:

  • Strong administrative and IT skills, including confidence using Teams, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
  • A proactive and calm approach to managing security situations.
  • Strong people skills and a customer‑focused mindset.
  • A genuine interest in developing security experience within defence‑related environments.

 

Qualifications for the Security Manager:

Full, valid UK driving licence.

 

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 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.

 

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

 

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

 

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: 26/02/2026


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