Senior Business Improvement Specialist

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Location:

Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid:
On Site

Job Title:

Business Improvement Specialist

Compensation:
Salary starting from £44,600 + Benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Help drive meaningful transformation that shapes the future of UK defence and engineering

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 Business Improvement Specialist at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

As a Business Improvement Specialist, you’ll contribute to the Devonport Transformation Programme, helping deliver sustainable improvements that enhance performance, efficiency and value across a complex engineering environment. This is an exciting opportunity to influence large-scale change, solve operational challenges and support the delivery of critical programmes that contribute to national security.

Day-to-day, you’ll contribute to the Devonport Transformation Programme, helping deliver sustainable improvements that enhance performance, efficiency and value across a complex engineering environment. This is an exciting opportunity to influence large-scale change, solve operational challenges and support the delivery of critical programmes that contribute to national security.

• Supporting transformation projects by coordinating activities, stakeholders and programme requirements.
• Developing and implementing change management plans that enable successful project delivery.
• Facilitating workshops, presentations and improvement activities to drive engagement and collaboration.
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement and supporting the implementation of practical solutions.
• Applying project management, change management and continuous improvement methodologies to deliver measurable business benefits.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

• Demonstrable experience driving business transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of project delivery, change management, business analysis and improvement methodologies.
• Proven ability to analyse complex challenges and deliver practical, value-adding solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and Visio.

• Degree-level qualification in a relevant subject, or equivalent career-based knowledge and experience.
• Association for Project Management fundamentals qualification or equivalent.
• APMG Change Management Foundation qualification or equivalent.
• Practitioner-level qualifications in business improvement, project management or change management disciplines.
• Working towards specialist practitioner accreditation within a recognised business improvement discipline.

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 -  () .

• 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…