Job Title
Continuous Improvement Lead
Location
Plymouth, Devon (Hybrid Working Arrangements)
Compensation
£54,019 + Benefits
Job Type
Full time / Permanent
Role ID
SF72760
Role Overview
Strengthen Engineering Capability at the Heart of National Defence. As Continuous Improvement Lead at the Devonport Royal Dockyard site, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening the facilities engineering capability at HMNB Devonport. Working within the Engineering Capability Team, you’ll help ensure our engineering organisation has the right processes, governance and capability to support complex ship and submarine sustainment programmes.
The Role
Day-to-day, you’ll focus on enhancing engineering processes, driving continuous improvement, and leading change initiatives. You’ll work across teams to ensure our engineering processes are efficient, effective and aligned to business needs, while also leading projects that deliver measurable improvements.
* Leading the measurement, management and continuous improvement of facilities engineering processes.
* Lead continuous improvement initiatives, identifying inefficiencies and implementing practical solutions.
* Deliver process improvement projects from capture through to handover and close.
* Review and update technical and design processes to maintain effective governance.
* Facilitate process working groups and lead the process steering forum.
* Assess process capability health, identify risks, inefficiencies and improvement actions.
* Support internal and external audits, including ISO9001 compliance activities.
Essential Experience
* Proven experience managing or improving engineering or business processes.
* Experience delivering continuous improvement or change initiatives.
* Strong understanding of business management systems / process frameworks.
* Experience analysing processes, identifying vulnerabilities and delivering improvement initiatives.
* Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams and diverse stakeholder groups, including international partners.
* Strong communication skills with confidence to influence and guide engineering best practice.
Qualifications
* We are open to a range of backgrounds and are more interested in your experience and impact than specific qualifications.
* Lean, Six Sigma, APM, or similar methodologies – Desirable.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) / Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. Many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions, which may affect eligibility based on place of birth, nationality, citizenship, residency, etc. Further details: United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.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 share scheme.
* Employee shopping savings portal.
* Payment of Professional Fees.
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave.
* Holiday Trading: employees can buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
* Be Kind Day: one working day of paid leave per year for volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity.
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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. We are also happy to discuss flexible working options.
Closing Date
11/06/2026
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