Type 31 Head of Ship Build Structures

Job Title:              Type 31 Head of Ship Build Structures
Location:              Rosyth, Fife  
Compensation:    Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF63989

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 Head of Ship Build Structures at our Rosyth site.

The role
As a Type 31 Head of Ship Build Structures, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The role will safely deliver the schedules to cost and the desired quality standards. Visible leadership, team working, and growth focus are key within this role particularly as the Arrowhead orderbooks expands.

Day-to-day, you’ll create, develop and maintain a team that provides ship block and ship assembly activities in support of multiple ship building programmes. You will also: 

• Manage and regularly review the organisation competency framework ensuring the teams have the capacity, competence and skills to allow delivery of programme schedules. Review of pipeline activities to understand future demands. 
• Drive a Quality learning culture, recognising Best Practice and ensuring continuous implementation of improvement ideas.
• Responsible for enabling and developing improved productivity across ship building operations.
• Build and maintain effective liaison with supporting functions within the programme.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.

Essential experience of the Type 31 Head of Ship Build Structures

• Demonstrable experience in project/programme delivery at a senior management level
• Leadership and change management in multi discipline environment.
• Good understanding/experience of working in Shipbuilding/Engineering
• Comprehensive understanding of working in a progammised environment.
• A comprehensive understanding of manufacturing and major project sectors.

Qualifications for the Type 31 Head of Ship Build Structures

• Relevant degree (or equivalent experience)
• Membership of a recognised professional institution

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 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: 22/05/2025