Job Title: Build and Integration Manager
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Lead the delivery of a next‑generation naval programme.
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 Build and Integration Manager at our Rosyth site.
The role
As a Build and Integration Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a pivotal leadership role within our Type 31 Programme - one of the UK's most exciting and strategic naval shipbuilding projects. You will shape the successful delivery of core construction activities, influencing productivity, quality, and safety standards across a major defence engineering programme. This is a highly visible position where your expertise and leadership will have a meaningful impact on national security, operational capability, and the long-term growth of your career.
Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:
1. Lead and oversee all Build, Commissioning, and Quality Control activities within the Core Delivery Stream.
2. Drive productivity improvements and foster a strong safety and quality culture across the Type 31 Programme.
3. Manage the Delivery organisation to ensure alignment with schedules, milestones, and programme priorities.
4. Build strong relationships with internal engineering, planning, quality and production teams to enable seamless project delivery.
5. Promote continuous improvement, recognising best practice and implementing new ways of working.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.
Essential experience of the Build and Integration Manager
6. Significant experience delivering complex shipbuilding or major marine engineering programmes.
7. Strong understanding of project management and controls processes, tools, and techniques.
8. Proven leadership capability, managing multi‑discipline teams and subcontractors.
9. Experience in driving and managing change across complex environments.
10. Senior‑level planning and budgeting experience.
Qualifications for the Build and Integration Manager
11. Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.
12. Membership of a recognised professional institution.
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
13. Generous holiday allowance
14. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
15. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
16. Employee share scheme
17. Employee shopping savings portal
18. Payment of Professional Fees
19. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
20. 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.
21. ‘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
22. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.