Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Compensation: Competitive Salary
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Lead transformative projects that shape the future of defence and engineering.
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Manager at our Walsall site, near Birmingham, West Midlands.
The role
As a Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll take full ownership of projects from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. Your leadership will drive excellence across every stage of delivery, making a real impact on national security and public infrastructure.
Day-to-day you’ll be required to:
• Lead complex delivery programmes across multiple business areas, ensuring KPIs and deadlines are met.
• Inspire and guide project teams to achieve milestones and deliver high-impact outcomes.
• Own full project lifecycles, managing multiple major initiatives from initiation to completion.
• Proactively manage risks and issues, driving effective mitigation strategies.
• Shape and enhance delivery practices, tools, and partnerships to strengthen organisational capability.
This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at Walsall.
Essential experience of the Project Manager:
1. Exceptional planning, coordination, and organisational abilities to manage complex initiatives with precision
2. Proven leadership, diplomacy, and motivational skills, with the ability to influence across all levels and functions
3. Proficient in Oracle Primavera P6 for effective project scheduling and control.
Qualifications for the Project Manager:
4. Minimum Level 5 qualification under the National Qualification Framework (e.g. Foundation Degree, Level 5 NVQ, or HND), or equivalent relevant experience
5. Certified in a recognised project management methodology.
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 .
What we offer
6. Generous holiday allowance
7. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
8. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
9. Employee share scheme
10. Employee shopping savings portal
11. Payment of Professional Fees
12. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
13. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
14. ‘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
15. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing