Job Title: Project Assistant
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £38, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Play Your Part in Supporting the UK’s Submarine Capability
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 Project Assistant at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.
The role
As a Project Assistant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll help deliver critical engineering and programme management services that keep the UK’s submarines operational and safe. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to national security and support the Royal Navy’s mission.
Day-to-day, you’ll work within a collaborative team, managing schedules, tracking demand, and ensuring projects run smoothly. Your role will make a real difference to the safety of submariners and the success of our enterprise.
1. Manage scheduling of key events to protect strategic and operational requirements
2. Assist in developing BI reports and maintaining demand tracking systems
3. Monitor risk management plans and assess changes in work scope against forecasts
4. Support development of communications to convey issues promptly
5. Track KPIs related to availability and planning
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements, due to desk availability this may change on a weekly basis and will be discussed at the time of interview.
Essential experience of the Project Assistant
6. Ability to build rapport and maintain strong relationships
7. Knowledge of project management techniques and activities
8. Skilled in prioritising work and balancing resources across multiple packages
9. Experience managing budgets and understanding funding routes
10. Ability to capture and present project information clearly
Qualifications for the Project Assistant
11. APM Project Foundation Qualification (PFQ) or equivalent (advantageous)
12. Management of Subcontractors training or equivalent - Desirable
13. IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent - Desirable
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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