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Warships Programme & Controls Manager

Employer
Babcock
Location
Plymouth, Devon, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
4 Jan 2019

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Clearance Level
SC, None / Undisclosed
Sector
Defence, Engineering
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details


Babcock is the UK's leading engineering support services organisation employing over 28,000 people across the world. Babcock offer a hugely diverse number of career options.

Warships Business Unit is looking to recruit an experienced and highly motivated Project Controls professional on a permanent basis to work across the Devonport Warships programme.
 
The role provides a central integrated function which provides direct and indirect support to all major Warship projects to ensure work authorisations, enablement planning processes and support to the change management process is provided across the programme.
 
This role requires someone with strong leadership skills, ability to man manage and have experience in project controls, programme planning and business improvement methodologies.
 
The ideal candidate should be APM qualified and hold a business or technical related degree although previous or current experience in a similar type role would be advantageous.
 
Security
Successful candidates will need to satisfy Ministry of Defence security requirements and may be required to complete a medical assessment.
 
Grade
This position is within the Warships business unit as a PC Grade.
 
Location
This role is based at Devonport Royal Dockyard which is located in the vibrant city of Plymouth, Devon in the south west of England. Plymouth is a city with a long and proud military history and more than its fair share of heritage. There is something for everyone here; from a superb coastline if you are a water sports enthusiast or Dartmoor National Park if you enjoy hiking and climbing, or simply enjoy the fantastic scenery. For a great night out we have the historic Barbican area with its wide variety of bars, clubs and restaurants.
 
Company Information
This role is within the Marine Sector of Babcock International Group. The Marine Sector delivers a wide array of complex through-life marine engineering services. Ranging from UK and international naval fleet support, commercial marine, engineering consultancy, weapons handling, equipment support, intelligence, cyber security and training delivered through unique owned and managed infrastructure to defence and civil customers across the globe.
 
Babcock International Group is committed to building an inclusive culture and strives to attract talent who thrive in an inclusive and flexible working environment. 
 
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know and will respond in a way that best fit your specific needs. 
 
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Business Area- Devonport
Babcock International Group owns and operates the main refit, maintenance and workshop area of the 330 acre naval site at Devonport, known as Devonport Royal Dockyard, where it employs thousands of people. The remainder of the site at Devonport is owned by the Ministry of Defence and is known as Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport - one of the largest naval bases in Western Europe.
 
Babcock and the Ministry of Defence work in partnership to operate and maintain this co-located site by providing through-life support for submarines, surface ships and associated systems and equipment.
 
Babcock has a large design and technology capability providing a wide range of support activities including feasibility and project definition studies, detail design and draughting, development trials, noise and vibration analysis, structural analysis, project management, integrated logistic support and risk management.
 
Application Information
All applications should be made online. If you experience difficulties please visit http://www.babcockinternational.com/careers/faq/

Recruitment correspondence is normally by email so please check your email account and spam folder regularly.
 
Please note that you will not be able to access the vacancy details after the closing date. If you are interested in this role then please keep a copy of the advert and any supporting documents for your records.
 
Babcock International Group is committed to building an inclusive culture and strives to attract talent who thrive in an inclusive and flexible working environment. 
 
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and will respond in a way that best fit your specific needs.
 
For any further questions please contact the Devonport Recruitment team via Marine.Devonport.Recruitment@babcockinternational.com
 
Vacancy Contact Details
For more information about the role, please contact Abbie Holt in the HR Recruitment team on 01752 976844 (PC100).

All applications should be made online. If you experience difficulties please click here Recruitment correspondence is normally by email so please check your email account and spam folder regularly.

Company

For more than a century, Babcock has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering support.

Underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, infrastructure management, and specialist training, we help customers around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the key market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear.

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