Contract Manager - Marine Training in Portsmouth

Location: Portsmouth, GB, PO14 1AS (Onsite)

Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract 12 Months

Compensation: £62,500 - £69,400 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

The role

As a Contract Manager – Marine Training, you will lead the successful delivery of critical marine training contracts that support defence capability. This high-impact role ensures programmes are delivered to the highest standards of cost, quality, and performance while building trusted relationships with customers and partners. You will help shape how training is delivered, drive continuous improvement and support business growth, while developing your own leadership and commercial expertise in a dynamic environment.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Manage and deliver marine training contracts to meet cost, schedule, and quality targets
• Lead and develop training delivery teams to achieve high performance
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, stakeholders, and partners
• Oversee budgets, forecasts, and financial performance of contracts
• Monitor contract compliance, performance metrics, and reporting to senior management

The role is based onsite at HMS Collingwood, with the set working times Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

Essential experience

• Experience of managing contracts or projects with a strong focus on customer delivery
• Applying project management expertise within a complex operational environment
• Leading and motivating teams to improve performance and outcomes
• Using commercial awareness to manage contracts effectively
• Managing financial performance, forecasting, and understanding profit and loss

Qualifications

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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting.

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 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 entitlement each year
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one paid day a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity

Disability and inclusive employment

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 can thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.