Senior Operational Planner

Job Title:                    Senior Operational Planner
Location:                    Warminster, Wiltshire and Wareham, Dorset + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:           £46,804.80+ Benefits
Role Type:                  Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                      SF63309

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 Senior Operational Planner at our Warminster and Bovington sites.

The role
As a Senior Operational Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team of Operational Planners to ensure work is effectively planned for, and executed by, operations considering capacity, suitably qualified and experienced person (SQEP), material, facilities and tooling.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for planning of and achieving in-year requirements, tracking, and achieving contracted hours, and being the main point of contact for the customer at the respective locations. You’ll also:

• Provide recommendations on improving the current processes related to demand/supply planning
• To lead all development and training requirements within the team
• Support the collation regular updates on performance to inform the demand and supply teams.
• Support the development of scenario planning as required to assist with overall business plans and inventory management.
• Responsible for ensuring the standardised use of ERP System and ensure correct use by team; providing additional training where required

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home. Quarterly travel to Lulworth and Woolwich is required as part of the role.

Essential experience of the Senior Operational Planner:

• Strong data analytical skills
• General business management skills with a proven track record of innovation and change, delivering measured benefit.
• Experience in planning capacity, SQEP, material, facilities and tooling
• Knowledge of the supply chain i.e. consumables and repairable

Qualifications for the Senior Operational Planner:
MCIPS or Project Management Qualification, i.e. APMP and/or PRINCE 2 Practitioner
 

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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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: 04/04/2025