At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead operational excellence and deliver critical defence capability in a dynamic environment.
- Company: Join Babcock, a global leader in defence and engineering.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, pension scheme, and health benefits.
- Other info: Hybrid working options available with a focus on work-life balance.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on national security while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in team leadership and operational management required.
The predicted salary is between 38800 - 42000 £ per year.
Location: Warminster, Wiltshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £38,800 - £42,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Lead operational excellence and help deliver critical defence capability. At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Operations Manager at Warminster, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.
The role involves leading the operational delivery of outputs across the Mowag Programme, ensuring teams have the people, tools, systems, and processes needed to safely deliver high-quality results. You will drive performance, support continuous improvement, and build strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.
This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of operational delivery within a programme that supports critical defence capability. You will combine leadership, planning, customer engagement, and operational oversight to ensure delivery targets are achieved safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Leading the delivery of operational outputs while promoting a strong safety-first culture.
- Coaching, mentoring, and developing team members to build capability and support future business needs.
- Managing operational systems, reporting activities, and fleet management processes to support effective planning and decision-making.
- Ensuring work areas, tools, and equipment remain compliant with safety and quality requirements.
- Building strong relationships with customers, workshop teams, planners, and support functions to achieve successful programme delivery.
This role is based at Warminster and is a 37-hour per week position. Hybrid working patterns are available.
Essential experience includes:
- Experience leading teams and influencing stakeholders across an operational environment.
- Strong communication skills with the confidence to engage at senior site level.
- Understanding of workforce development, training needs, and skills planning.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple functions to deliver excellent customer service.
- Knowledge of health and safety policies, procedures, and implementation within an operational setting.
Qualifications required:
- Educated to Level 4 in the National Qualification Framework (Higher Apprenticeship, HNC, Level 4 NVQ) or equivalent workplace experience.
- Experience using fleet management and operational management systems.
- Competent user of SAP ERP, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office applications.
Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
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 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 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 to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
Babcock is 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 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: 21/08/2026
Operations Manager in Warminster employer: Babcock International
Babcock International is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment at the Rosyth site in Scotland, where you can contribute to impactful construction and infrastructure projects. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, we provide ongoing training and development opportunities, alongside a collaborative culture that prioritises safety and compliance. Join us to be part of a team that values your contributions and supports your career advancement in the engineering field.
