Business Support Manager

Job Title:              Business Improvement Manager
Location:              Plymouth, Devon
Compensation:    £59,110 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF60136

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 Business Improvement Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Business Improvement Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is a key role in delivering an exciting modernisation project and realising significant benefits on several important Babcock projects.
 
Day-to-day, you’ll lead the Business Support Group (BSG) in providing business support for production, maintenance and repair to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in terms of business processes, tools and training.

• Supporting business projects and contracts to develop execution strategies.
• Holding projects to account for delivering departmental related life-cycle deliverables.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Business Improvement Manager:

• Knowledge and experience of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools in the context Submarine or Warship maintenance.
• Demonstrable knowledge of warship/submarine production and quality processes, including safe release of work, procurement, kitting, equipment tracking and regulatory requirements.
• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure.

Qualifications for the Business Improvement Manager:

• A recognised professional technical qualification such as an HNC is in a field like Engineering or IT - Desirable

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: 06/12/2024

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