Painting Hub Manager in Plymouth

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Lead a New Team. Drive Operational Excellence. Help Deliver Critical Submarine Programmes.

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 Painting Hub Manager at our Plymouth, Devon site.

The role

As a Painting Hub Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll have a unique opportunity to establish and lead a newly created Painting Hub that supports some of the UK's most important submarine programmes. This is an exciting leadership role where you'll shape a new operating model, build capability, develop people, and drive performance across painting and industrial cleaning activities.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Lead the daily operation and development of the Painting Hub, ensuring resources are effectively deployed to support project priorities.
• Chair plan and look-ahead meetings with key stakeholders to agree workload priorities and delivery schedules.
• Manage team performance, capability development and workforce planning to maintain a skilled and effective workforce.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce costs, minimise waste and improve productivity and quality.
• Collaborate with project teams, production managers and capability leaders to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality outcomes.

This role is full time and based at Devonport Royal Dockyard, Plymouth.

Essential experience of the Painting Hub Manager:

• Previous experience leading and managing teams with varying levels of skill and experience.
• Experience within industrial painting, industrial cleaning, facilities maintenance or related operational environments.
• Proven ability to plan, prioritise and allocate resources to meet operational demands.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and communicating effectively across different teams.
• Demonstrable track record of driving performance improvements, productivity and operational efficiency.
• Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and business systems.

Qualifications for the Painting Hub Manager:

• Experience and capability to successfully manage operational teams in a production, maintenance or industrial environment.
• Nuclear Plant Foundation Course Module 1 (training can be provided).
• IOSH Managing Safety Certification.
• Level 3 Painting Qualification or equivalent.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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 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.