Job Title: Production Planner
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £38,084 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF69616
Plan and Deliver Projects That Shape National Defence
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 Planner at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Production Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to national security, develop your skills in a dynamic environment, and build a career with purpose.
Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, providing planning expertise that enables successful project delivery.
- Analysing and interpreting work specifications to meet customer requirements
- Linking all elements of work to comply with the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Processing emergent or additional work to keep projects on schedule
- Managing enablement risks and facilitating lookahead reviews
- Building strong relationships with clients and resolving technical requirements
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Production Planner
- Excellent communication skills to engage effectively with stakeholders
- Awareness of Project Management Tools and their application across the lifecycle
- Experience with Project Delivery Framework and Project Management principles
- Knowledge of project planning and lifecycle processes
- Proficiency in Planning, Estimating, Production Systems, and SAP (desirable)
Qualifications for the Production Planner
- Minimum Level 3 qualification in engineering, project, or construction management (or equivalent experience)
- APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) – Desirable
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: 21/11/2025
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