Role ID: SF67415
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Compensation: Competitive Salary
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Project Manager
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.
Responsibilities
* Lead complex delivery programmes across multiple business areas, ensuring KPIs and deadlines are met
* Proactively manage risks and issues, driving effective mitigation strategies
* Shape and enhance delivery practices, tools, and partnerships to strengthen organisational capability
* Own full project lifecycles, managing multiple major initiatives from initiation to completion
* Inspire and guide project teams to achieve milestones and deliver high‑impact outcomes
Essential Experience
* Exceptional planning, coordination, and organisational abilities to manage complex initiatives with precision
* Proven leadership, diplomacy, and motivational skills, with the ability to influence across all levels and functions
* Proficient in Oracle Primavera P6 for effective project scheduling and control
Qualifications
* Minimum Level 5 qualification under the National Qualification Framework (e.g., Foundation Degree, Level 5 NVQ, or HND), or equivalent relevant experience
* 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 positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This may affect eligibility based on birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency. Further details at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK.
Benefits
* 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 shopping savings portal
* Payment of professional fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days of special paid leave
* Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement between February and March annually
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day of paid leave per year to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity
Equal Opportunity
We are a disability‑confident, committed employer. If you have a disability or need 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 and are happy to discuss flexible working options.
Closing date: 22/04/2026
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