Project Manager

Job Title:            Project Manager - Type 31 Frigate Programme
Location:            Rosyth, Fife
Compensation:   Competitive+ Benefits
Role Type:          Full time / 52-Week Fixed-Term Contract
Role ID:              SF63444

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 Type 31 Project Manager at our Rosyth site.

The role
As a T31 Project Manager you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most exciting naval programmes. The Type 31 frigate – also known as the Inspiration-class – is a cutting-edge, adaptable warship designed to support global maritime operations. Built for agility, innovation, and international collaboration, the T31 is a symbol of modern naval capability. 

Day to day, you’ll drive delivery across safety, scope, schedule, finance, risk, quality, and resources, ensuring we meet our commitments to the customer. You'll develop and lead cross-functional project delivery teams—bringing together expertise from Project Management and Controls, Engineering, SHEQ, Commercial, Procurement, and Supply Chain. These teams will collaborate to define, plan, monitor, and control the successful delivery of the project. You’ll also manage key customer interfaces and stakeholder relationships, proactively identifying and mitigating project risks through effective planning and response strategies. Your leadership will drive world-class performance by fostering employee engagement, championing continuous improvement, and implementing the latest technology.

• Establish and maintain governance arrangements for project delivery, ensuring clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities
• Build and manage effective relationships with project stakeholders to support successful outcomes
• Commit to and continuously monitor the programme baseline, including cost, schedule, and risk
• Coordinate project activities and dependencies, while identifying and managing external dependencies across other projects, resources, or environments
• Oversee third-party suppliers to ensure alignment with programme objectives and successful delivery

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and offered on a 52-Week Fixed-Term contract basis. 

Essential experience of the Project Manager

• Worked on projects of varying products, services and lifecycle phases.
• Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g. FIDIC/NEC/JCT)
• Cross functional awareness of lifecycle requirements for supporting functions 

Qualifications for the Project Manager

• NEC ECC Project Manager Accreditation (or equivalent)
• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
• Project Risk Management Course
• APM Project Planning and Controls – Foundation - preferable

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain BPSS checks 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. 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: 23/06/2025

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