Care and Maintenance Project Manager

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Job Title: Care and Maintenance Project Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £59,110 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role : SF67065

As a Care and Maintenance Project Manager, you’ll lead a critical programme that supports the UK’s submarine capability – a role that truly makes a difference to national security. This is an opportunity to influence outcomes that matter while advancing your career in a dynamic, highly respected sector.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be responsible for building and developing an integrated Project Delivery team that works together to ensure project success.

• Leading and coaching a multi‑disciplined Project team to deliver against key milestones
• Managing stakeholder relationships, including the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA)
• Developing detailed project plans and monitoring progress
• Overseeing budgets, resources and subcontractor performance
• Driving effective risk, change and issue management across the project lifecycle

This role is full‑time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2‑3 days in the office/onsite and 2‑3 days working from home.

• Proven leadership and team coaching experience
• Strong track record in managing and delivering engineering projects
• Expertise in APM competencies: schedule, risk, change control, budgeting
• Experience working within a matrix organisation
• Excellent stakeholder management skills

• APM Project Management Qualification (preferable)
• APM Project Risk Management Level 2 (preferable)
• Degree qualified (desirable)
• APM Chartered Professional (ChPP) or Risk Management Level 2 (desirable)
• Commercial qualification (desirable)

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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 share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading option with the ability to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave (monthly window Feb‑Mar).
• ‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering leave
• Excellent development opportunities and comprehensive benefits, including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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 discuss flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 12/01/2026

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