Assistant Project Manager Building C in Plymouth

Help deliver infrastructure that underpins the UK’s defence capability. At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Project Manager Buildings at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As an Assistant Project Manager Buildings, you’ll support the successful delivery of complex building and infrastructure projects within our Major Infrastructure Projects directorate. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your project management career while working on technically challenging programmes in a highly regulated environment. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with experienced Project and Package Managers, contributing to the management of building design packages and helping deliver changes across key stages of major projects. Your work will directly support facilities that sustain ship and submarine programmes, making a tangible difference to national defence while building valuable experience and professional capability.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Package Manager in delivering building design packages to agreed scope, cost and schedule
• Managing elements of project delivery across RIBA stages 2–5
• Coordinating design changes and interfacing with internal teams, suppliers and client stakeholders
• Monitoring progress, risks and documentation within a controlled project environment
• Contributing to effective governance, reporting and compliance within a regulated site

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential Experience

• Experience working within a project environment managing civil and/or mechanical design packages
• Knowledge of NEC4 contracts, ideally within a client‑side or delivery role
• Experience working in highly regulated environments, such as nuclear, defence or infrastructure
• Familiarity with complex document management and technical assurance processes
• An organised approach with strong stakeholder communication and coordination skills

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline – Desirable
• APM Project Fundamentals Qualification, Project Management Qualification or equivalent – Desirable
• Relevant project or engineering experience may be considered in place of formal qualifications

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and 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

• 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 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

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.