• Job Description

  Req#: 58250

  Job Title: Type 23 Programme Manager
  Location: Plymouth, Devon
  Compensation: up to £71,600 dependent upon experience + AIP bonus & family medical cover, car allowance up to £6000
  Role Type: Full time / Permanent
  Role ID: SF58250

  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 Programme Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

  The role
  As a Programme Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you’ll have the opportunity to manage the support and maintenance of the whole Type 23 Frigates for the Royal Navy.

  Day-to-day, you’ll operate in platform support, managing both fleet time and upkeep activity, operating on behalf of the Platform Support Director and the Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Strategic Class Authority.

  Responsibilities include:

  • Deliver Type 23 class availability aligned to programme requirements through timely completion of maintenance periods and in-service defect support.
  • Deliver contracted Type 23 class responsibilities aligned to the Common Support Model (CSM) Surface Ship Support Alliance Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and associated business processes.
  • Establish and maintain functional and effective working relationships and communication between Class Output Management (COM) Team, Waterfront Service Provider (WFSP) and DE&S stakeholders, to underpin successful programme delivery.
  • Manage spend and forecasting against financial budgets, demonstrating control through monthly reporting on both contractual performance and in-year spend for the DE&S customer.
  • Manage programme level risk though accurate identification and assessment, effective mitigation and clear reporting both within platform support and to the DE&S customer.
  • Manage and develop the Type 23 COM Team, maintaining suitably qualified experienced personnel, resilience and diversity through effective leadership

  This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based at Devonport Royal Dockyard with possible travel to Bristol and Portsmouth as and when required due to business needs.

  
  Essential experience of the Programme Manager:

  • Experience within the marine industry and working knowledge of through life ship support and / or the project management of ship support
  • Strong leadership and senior management experience
  • Experience of contract management for the delivery of complex support projects
  • Experience in finance management and reporting
  • Complex stakeholder management experience across all levels

  Qualifications for the Programme Manager:

  • HND/HNC or Degree qualified in a relevant engineering, or project management function or time served experience
  • APMP / PRINCE qualified or working towards or willingness to work towards as part of continuous professional development

  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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

  What we offer

  • AIP bonus & family medical cover
  • Car allowance up to £6000
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • 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
  • ‘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
  • Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
  • Opportunities to travel within the UK.

  Babcock International
  For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

  We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any 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 where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

  Closing date: 19/07/2024

  
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• About the company

  Babcock International Group plc is a British aerospace, defence and nuclear engineering services company based in London, England.

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