Job Title: Operational Planner
Location: Telford, Shropshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £32,229.26
Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract 9 months
Role ID: SF69339
Shape the future of defence planning
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Operational Planner at our Donnington, near Telford, Shropshire site.
The role
As an Operational Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) activity, planning workloads across multiple sites and engaging with operations teams to keep projects on track. This is an exciting opportunity to work on military platforms, using advanced ERP systems to optimise schedules and resources. Your work will make a real difference to national defence and give you the chance to develop your career in a dynamic environment.
Day-to-day you’ll be required to:
- Utilise ERP systems and planning tools to schedule workloads effectively
- Analyse data and provide management information on scenarios, status and risks
- Support new work introduction and growth opportunities through robust planning
- Ensure compliance with the Group Supply Chain Competency matrix
- Conduct operational planning and material assessment tasks accurately and on time
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home.
Essential experience of the Operational Planner:
- Skilled in scheduling within an ERP system
- Ability to analyse and interpret large data sets
- Experience creating and monitoring performance metrics
- Understanding of planning cycles in an MRO environment (capacity, SQEP, material, facilities, tooling)
Qualifications for the Operational Planner:
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
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 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 share scheme
- 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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
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 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: 08/12/2025