Site Manager

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 Site Manager at our Rosyth Dockyard, Fife site.

The role

As a Site Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will assist and support Project Manager with the management and control of projects via applying PMO competencies through the entire project lifecycle within the Facilities Major Project Team. Day-to-day, you’ll be delivering assigned projects and feasibility studies, working closely with customers and contractors to deliver projects safely and to time, cost and quality. This includes:

• Managing all on-site activities, ensuring construction work is progressing safely, on time, and to specification.
• Supervising subcontractors, tradespeople, and site staff, ensuring everyone is aligned with project goals and safety standards.
• Enforcing strict adherence to HSE regulations, conduct toolbox talks, and carry out regular site inspections.
• Tracking project milestones, manage schedules, and report updates to project managers or senior leadership.
• Oversee deliveries, storage, and use of materials and equipment, ensuring efficient site logistics and minimal downtime.

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

Essential experience of the Site Manager

You must have hands-on experience working in a construction environment. You must have prior experience supervising or managing activities on a live construction site.

Qualifications for the Site Manager

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

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.

What we offer

• 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.
• ‘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.