Change Control Specialist

Job Title:                      Change Control Specialist

Location:                      Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:            £43,935.00 + Benefits

Role Type:                    Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF70726

Lead the Change. Shape the Future.

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 Change Control Specialist at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Change Control Specialist, you’ll be at the heart of the Submarine Disposal and Dismantling Programme, ensuring that every change to the contract baseline is managed with precision and integrity. This is a role where your expertise will help maintain a robust Performance Management Baseline, supporting projects that are critical to national security.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead a team of Assistant Change Control Specialists, driving excellence and continuous improvement while shaping processes that make a real difference.

• Chairing and managing key project change control meetings, including change reviews and impact reviews.
• Evaluating changes to understand their impact on project baselines.
• Enabling approved changes within programmes and projects, ensuring alignment with contract and performance baselines.
• Collaborating across Project teams and disciplines to maintain accuracy and compliance.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2-3 days in the office/onsite and 2-3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Change Control Specialist

• Strong understanding of Project Management and Controls principles.
• Knowledge of assurance, change control and impact assessment methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams effectively.
• A proactive, inquisitive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in MS Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Qualifications for the Change Control Specialist

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience (essential).
• APM Project Planning and Control (desirable).
• APM Project Management Qualification (desirable).
• Membership of a relevant professional body or willingness to obtain (desirable).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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 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: 27/01/2026

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