Deputy Plant Manager

Job Title:        Deputy Plant Manager
Location:        Plymouth, Devon – Hybrid Options
Compensation:    Highly Competitive + Bonus, Benefits
Role Type:        Full time and Permanent 
Role ID:          SF57595

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 Deputy Plant Manager at our site in Plymouth, Devon. 

The role
As a Deputy Plant Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be a Duly Appointed Person and will be critical to the delivery of arrangements intended to ensure compliance with Site Licence and Authorisation Conditions and the terms of environment permits. You must be courageous and champion Nuclear, Conventional, Product and Environmental safety at all times.  You must be prepared to challenge the status quo and stand up and be accountable for your actions.

Day-to-day, you’ll work as the head of a small team you will ensure there is a valid safety case in place that covers full scope of intended operations, authorisation and release of appropriate procedures for the conduct of facility maintenance and repair and a safe and secure working environment.  This will also include the upkeep of appropriate Operation Records and suitable Functional Oversight of the work being undertaken.

This role is full time, based out of Devonport, consists of 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements. 

Experience of the Deputy Plant Manager:
•    Experience high hazard environment
•    Experience in working on/with safety cases
•    Operational safety case experience 
•    An inclusive leader who can enable a diverse and high performing culture, someone who will delegate and hold people accountable appropriately, as well as to support, guide and coach
•    A critical thinker who can understand complex issues (balancing the detail and the big picture), using insight/data (evidence) and their judgement to make good decisions and have a positive impact

Qualifications for the Deputy Plant Manager:
•    Relevant engineering degree or significant experience of nuclear facilities management
•    Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartered status

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and NNPPI 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
•    A dynamic working environment
•    Autonomy to perform the role

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.

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