Job Title: Assistant Project Manager
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74245
Help Deliver Projects That Make A Real Difference
At Babcock, we are working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Project Manager based at any of our main UK locations including Portsmouth, Bristol, Warrington, Devonport, Leicester, Rosyth.
As an Assistant Project Manager, you will support the successful delivery of projects that underpin critical defence, aerospace and engineering programmes. Working closely with experienced Project Managers, you will take ownership of defined work packages, contribute to project controls, and support delivery activities that directly impact national security and essential infrastructure.
Day-to-day, you will be responsible for:
- Supporting project delivery in line with lifecycle and governance standards
- Delivering defined work packages within agreed scope, time and cost
- Producing project reports, dashboards and documentation aligned to PMO standards
- Engaging with internal stakeholders across business and technology teams
- Monitoring progress, risks and issues to keep projects on track
This role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week and can be based at one of our main UK locations including Portsmouth, Bristol, Warrington, Devonport, Leicester, Rosyth. Hybrid working arrangements are available.
Essential Experience of the Assistant Project Manager:
- Experience supporting project delivery or project coordination activities
- Exposure to information technology, digital or change environments
- Understanding of project governance, reporting and controls
- Ability to work with a range of stakeholders and build effective relationships
- Strong organisational and communication skills
Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager:
- Foundation-level project management qualification (such as PRINCE2 or Association for Project Management)
- Further project management certification or training would be advantageous
Security Clearance
- 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 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
- 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 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.
- ‘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
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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 where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 17/06/2026
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