Project Manager- Production

Job Title:
Project Manager
- Production

Location:
Ashton Vale, Bristol

Compensation:
Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

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 Project Manager
- Production at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

Step into a pivotal role within our Mission Systems division, where you’ll lead a groundbreaking programme to deliver a new class of submarine in a dynamic production environment. At Babcock, we’re more than a defence contractor - we’re a trusted global partner in integrated solutions for security and resilience. From cutting‑edge intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems to advanced communications and weapons handling solutions, we operate across all domains, bringing together the best of industry innovation to meet our customers’ most critical needs.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll drive to deliver the project safely, on time and within budget, whilst meeting superior quality standards.

We are driven by curiosity and the desire to improve. We seek collaboration to not only deliver the project; but to improve our own skillsets and others around us.

• Take responsibility of the delivery of several pieces of equipment and will therefore have influence over our daily workings – following and implementing best practices within scheduling, cost control, risk management and procurement whilst working with stakeholders from across the team and wider business, to help drive delivery momentum and achieve the project goals.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Ashton Vale, Bristol.

• Knowledge of project controls tools and how these tools operate to provide key information for decision making.
• Excellent computer literacy.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills – communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels and with external bodies.
• Commercially and financially astute, with a challenging mind‑set.
• Leadership experience.
• Project Management experience.

• PFQ or PMQ (desirable) or equivalent.

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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels -  ()

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• 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. This Window opens February through to March annually
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• ‘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
• Employee share scheme

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 car 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.

06/01/2026