Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Compensation: Competitive Salary
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF67415
Overview: Lead transformative projects that shape the future of defence and engineering. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together.
Day-to-day Responsibilities
- Lead complex delivery programmes across multiple business areas, ensuring KPIs and deadlines are met.
- Proactively manage risks and issues, driving effective mitigation strategies.
- Shape and enhance delivery practices, tools, and partnerships to strengthen organisational capability.
- Own full project lifecycles, managing multiple major initiatives from initiation to completion.
- Inspire and guide project teams to achieve milestones and deliver high-impact outcomes.
This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at Walsall.
Essential Experience
- Exceptional planning, coordination, and organisational abilities to manage complex initiatives with precision.
- Proven leadership, diplomacy, and motivational skills, with the ability to influence across all levels and functions.
- Proficient in Oracle Primavera P6 for effective project scheduling and control.
Qualifications
- Minimum Level 5 qualification under the National Qualification Framework (e.g. Foundation Degree, Level 5 NVQ, or HND), or equivalent relevant experience.
- Certified in a recognised project management methodology.
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 the company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. Your eligibility may be affected by place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.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 shopping savings portal.
- Payment of Professional Fees.
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
- Holiday Trading allows buying additional leave or selling up to one working week of annual leave. This window opens February through to March annually.
- ‘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.
Closing Date
27/05/2026
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