Explosive Handling Jetty Facility Manager

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £57,300 - £82,300

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Lead Critical Infrastructure That Supports National Security

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Explosive Handling Jetty Facility Manager at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role

As an Explosive Handling Jetty Facility Manager, you'll take ownership of the management, operation and maintenance of a highly specialised facility that plays a vital role in supporting the UK's defence capabilities. This is a unique leadership opportunity where you'll ensure the safe, efficient and compliant operation of critical infrastructure, helping to deliver engineering support services that directly contribute to national security.

Working within our Nuclear sector, you'll lead skilled teams, engage with senior stakeholders and drive operational excellence in a complex and highly regulated environment. This role offers the opportunity to make a real difference while developing your leadership, engineering and operational management expertise within one of the UK's leading defence and engineering organisations.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Lead and motivate the Explosive Handling Jetty team to deliver safe, efficient and effective operations.
• Ensure compliance with safety, security, environmental and quality requirements across the facility.
• Act as the Facility Operator's representative at Nuclear Safety Committees and key stakeholder forums.
• Manage resources, equipment and operational activities to maximise facility availability and performance.
• Support the delivery of engineering and infrastructure services in accordance with cost, quality and time objectives.

This is a 36-hour per week role based at HMNB Clyde. This role is onsite.

Essential experience of the Explosive Handling Jetty Facility Manager

• Experience managing complex operational facilities, infrastructure or engineering environments.
• Strong knowledge of Explosive Handling Jetty operations, procedures and processes.
• Experience leading teams and managing operational performance in a regulated environment.
• Knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems and equipment.
• Experience of programme management and maintenance management activities.

Qualifications for the Explosive Handling Jetty Facility Manager

Essential:

• Degree in an Engineering discipline or equivalent qualification.
• Working at Heights certification.
• Confined Space Competent Person certification.
• Water Rescue Equipment Training.
• DSEAR Awareness Training for Line Managers.

Desirable:

• Additional qualifications in facilities management, infrastructure operations or leadership.
• Experience within defence, nuclear, marine engineering or highly regulated industries.

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. 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 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 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: 29/07/2026