Facility Upgrade Programme 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 Facility Upgrade Programme Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

Overall Department Direction

Radioactive Waste Management is responsible for the safe management of radiologically implicated waste across Devonport Royal Dockyard. The RWM infrastructure requires extensive upgrades to meet the future demand of the submarine programme, with a recent commitment to capex investment being secured.

Main Purpose of Role

The Facility Upgrade Programme Manager role will be pivotal to the success of the RWM facility upgrade strategy. The overall aim of the role is to integrate the facility upgrade projects whilst maintaining operations and maintenance of the facility. You will oversee multiple workstreams managing schedules, risk and dependencies with stakeholder communication being central to success. You will facilitate regular updates reporting internally and externally on RWM facility upgrades.

• Create, own, implement and manage a facility upgrade process.
• Utilise project controls/management fundamentals including schedule management, risk management, change management, stakeholder management and resource management.
• Have a collaborative mindset with the ability to listen, handle conflict constructively and bring a positive, open-minded attitude to the team.
• Possess the ability to prioritise critical tasks, have a ‘can do’ attitude, taking the initiative to solve problems, identify risks early, and handle complex, shifting environments.
• Ensure detailed planning and delivery of facility upgrades on time and on budget, mitigating risks and ensuring synergy across the programme whilst minimising disruption to RWM operations and maintenance.
• Interface closely with RWM plant management and the RWM project team to ensure the facility upgrade process links seamlessly with the annual plan.
• Work closely with the RWM plant management to create a program which focuses on closing out Change Requests (CR’s) minimising disruption to RWM operations and maintenance.
• Report outcomes of delivery planning to the Head of Radioactive Waste, RWM programme Integration Manager, RWM Plant Manager and Nuclear Operations Maintenance Manager.

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

Essential experience of the Facility Upgrade Programme Manager:

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to communicate with diverse teams and senior stakeholders.
• Relevant and extensive experience in project management and project controls (schedule, risk, change, stakeholder management etc).
• Experience of working within a nuclear facility – Desirable.
• Experience of working with the change request (CR) process – Desirable.

Qualifications for the Facility Upgrade Programme Manager:

• Level 5 qualification in Engineering – Desirable.
• NVQ Level 4 in Engineering or demonstrable experience.
• APM PMQ - Desirable.
• APM Project Risk Management Level 1 - Desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) Security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions.

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.
• ‘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 We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 22/05/2026