Job Title: Production Manager
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £56,570 - £66,229 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70659
Lead the future of shipbuilding with Babcock.
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 Production Manager at our Rosyth site.
The role
As a Production Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll lead and motivate teams to deliver complex shipbuilding projects safely, on time, and within budget. This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact on national defence while advancing your career in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
- Managing front-line managers and driving daily business performance
- Chairing planning meetings with stakeholders to align priorities
- Reviewing and adjusting build plans to meet delivery targets
- Overseeing volumetrics throughout the build programme
- Collaborating with subcontract managers to mitigate downtime
This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Friday and is based on site at Rosyth.
Essential experience of the Production Manager
- Knowledge of shipbuilding processes
- Ability to interpret shipbuilding, piping, and mechanical drawings
- Familiarity with zone working and modern outfitting methods
- Proficiency in MS Office and MS Project scheduling
Qualifications for the Production Manager
- Time-served trade background
- ONC/HNC preferred but not essential
- Recognised safety training (e.g., IOSH, working at height, confined space)
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: 20/01/2026