Shipbuilding Operations Strategy Lead in Rosyth

The role involves playing a pivotal leadership role within our Type 31 Programme – one of the UK’s most exciting and strategic naval shipbuilding projects. You will shape the successful delivery of core construction activities, influencing productivity, quality, and safety standards across a major defence engineering programme. This is a highly visible position where your expertise and leadership will have a meaningful impact on national security, operational capability, and the long‑term growth of your career.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee all Build, Commissioning, and Quality Control activities within the Core Delivery Stream.
• Drive productivity improvements and foster a strong safety and quality culture across the Type 31 Programme.
• Manage the Delivery organisation to ensure alignment with schedules, milestones, and programme priorities.
• Build strong relationships with internal engineering, planning, quality and production teams to enable seamless project delivery.
• Promote continuous improvement, recognising best practice and implementing new ways of working.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth with some hybrid options available once embedded into the role.

Essential Experience:

• Significant experience delivering complex shipbuilding or major marine engineering programmes.
• Strong understanding of project management and controls processes, tools, and techniques.
• Proven leadership capability, managing multi‑discipline teams and subcontractors.
• Experience in driving and managing change across complex environments.
• Senior‑level planning and budgeting experience – desirable.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many roles within the company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. Eligibility may be affected by birth, nationality, citizenship, and residency. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK.

Benefits:

• 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: employees can buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave (open Feb–Mar annually).
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Equal Opportunity:

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 and are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements.