Continuous Improvement Waterfront Specialist

Job Title:             Continuous Improvement Waterfront Specialist
Location:             Devonport, Plymouth
Compensation:   Up to £49,104 dependent on experience 
Role Type:          Full time / Permanent
Role ID:              SF61196

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 Continuous Improvement Waterfront Specialist at our Devonport site.

The role
As a Continuous Improvement Waterfront Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Learning from Experience (LfE) is a through life process which enables organised learning by replicating success, avoiding mistakes, and publicising and promoting best practice throughout the submarine enterprise.

Day-to-day, you’ll manage a co-ordinated enterprise-wide end to end LFE approach providing support in capturing, managing, analysing & implementing LFE to improve future maintenance planning and delivery performance.

• Identification of Maintenance Planning Improvements
• Efficient maintenance of the LfE database and accurate inputting of data. 
• Accurate updating of LfE item status and actions.
• Production of periodic written LfE reports. 
• Efficiently answering employee enquiries, maintaining a high level of customer care in the process.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills when liaising with stakeholders throughout the enterprise.

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

Essential experience of the Continuous Improvement Waterfront Specialist 

• An engineering background, or significant experience in Continuous Improvement (Lean /Six Sigma Improvement Methodologies)
• Excellent process experience, implementing LFE / maintenance planning improvements. 
• Good communication skills & stakeholder management experience.
• Willing to challenge yourself & others to do things differently.
• Ability to work autonomously but also as part of a team.

Qualifications for the Continuous Improvement Waterfront Specialist

• HNC/HND in engineering or another relevant specialisation.
• APM Fundamentals or equivalent qualification desirable.
• Lean six sigma qualification / experience 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: 07/03/25

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