Project Manager

Job Title:               Project Manager - SATCOMs
Location:               Corsham, Wiltshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:     Competitive salary + Benefits
Role Type:             Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                 SF59970

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 Manager at our MOD Corsham site.

The role
As a Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Supporting vital Military Satellite Communication systems one day and developing new technologies the next. Your work will contribute to shaping the future of satellite communication systems within defence.

Day-to-day, you’ll support the design management process and implement project controls.

• Co-ordination of an integrated project delivery team ensuring that successful delivery of complex projects through planning monitoring and control in an INCOSE Systems Engineering environment. 
• Manage stakeholders including Engineering, Operations, supply chain, client engagement and partners. Identification, monitoring, planning, implementing responses and reporting of risks. 
• Lead the project to deliver world class performance by means of employee engagement, continuous improvement and identifying and implementing the latest technology. 
• Establish and maintain governance arrangements for the delivery of the project, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities. 
• Accountable for planning and monitoring the project, submission of regular monthly performance reports indicating any deviations, corrective action taken and escalation of issues.

This role is full time 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with roughly 1 day in the onsite per fortnight, however this is variable and may sometimes be more depending on project needs.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. 

Essential experience of the Project Manager 

• Experience as a project manager and knowledge and understanding of project controls.  
• Technical experience in any of the following domains: Antennas, Space, Networks or IT.
• Ability to work autonomously.

Qualifications for the Project Manager 

• APM preferred.

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 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

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: 06/11/24

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