Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
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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 Senior Project Manager at our Ashton Vale site.
Step into a pivotal role within our Mission Systems division at Babcock – a trusted global partner delivering integrated solutions for defence and security. Our portfolio spans cutting-edge intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, advanced communications, and weapons launch and handling technologies across all domains.
In this role, you’ll lead on a next-generation submarine programme as part of an established Integrated Project Team. You’ll take ownership of the design, development, production, qualification, and delivery of several major subsystems, driving innovation and excellence at every stage.
You’ll play a key role in one of the UK’s most significant submarine programmes, managing complex engineering projects that push the boundaries of innovation. Your mission? To keep delivery teams aligned and focused on cost, time, and quality targets while driving collaboration across the board.
From capturing requirements and defining scope to shaping technical and commercial solutions, you’ll be involved at every stage of the project lifecycle. You’ll also lead the creation of pricing models and proposal documents, ensuring our solutions meet customer needs and exceed expectations. This is your chance to make a real impact on projects that matter.
Experience
1. Supply Chain and Customer Engagement: Demonstrated ability to manage intricate sub-tier supply chains and maintain strong relationships in customer-facing roles, driving collaboration and satisfaction.
2. Commercial and Bid Management: Strong commercial awareness with hands-on experience in contract and commercial management, as well as contributing to or leading bid submissions, pricing models, and proposal development.
3. Financial and Stakeholder Accountability: Full ownership of project finances—including revenue, margins, cash flow, and forecasting—while effectively managing internal stakeholders, customers, and suppliers throughout the project lifecycle.
4. Proven Expertise in Project Delivery: Extensive experience managing complex projects within highly regulated industries, ensuring compliance and successful outcomes.
5. Leadership and Team Management: Skilled in building, leading, and motivating teams in a matrix environment, with direct line management responsibilities and a focus on operational and strategic oversight.
This position involves occasional travel to customer sites, as a requirement of the role.
This role is full time 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2-3 days in the office/onsite and 2-3 days working from home. Based at Ashton, Bristol.
Essential experience of the Senior Project Manager
6. Experience delivering solutions with a diverse team of both internal resource teams and external supply chains and experience working with senior level managers both internally and externally.
7. APM PMQ, Chartered status or equivalent (advantageous).
8. Experience in leading and managing a team of project staff, providing direction and motivation, as well as managing projects with differing demands and deadline. Direct line management experience as well as leadership in a matrix environment.
9. Considerable experience in the advanced application of Project Management techniques in a relevant technical project environment and great financial management to ensure a high level of profitability on projects.
10. Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of contract and commercial management and experience working within a highly regulated industry is highly desirable.
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 .
What we offer
11. Generous holiday allowance
12. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
13. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
14. Employee share scheme
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of Professional Fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
18. 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
19. ‘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