Assistant Project Manager

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £44,987 - £50,838 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64129

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 Assistant Project Manager at our Rosyth site.

The role

As an Assistant Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will Provide project controls and planning support, including Requirements Management, Stakeholder Engagement including local client team and subcontractors and Contract Management.

Day-to-day, you’ll responsible for applying PMO competencies with minimal supervision primarily in non-complex situations. You will also:

Procurement – Securing the necessary resources for projects from both internal and external providers.

Budgeting and Cost Control – Setting agreed budgets and managing forecasts and actual costs to ensure financial control.

Performance Management - Utilising tolerances effectively to track and enhance project performance.

Change Control – Implementing and maintaining a rigorous change control process to manage project adjustments.

Risk, Opportunity and Issue Management – Identifying and managing risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager

Agreement to work in areas which will expose individual to ionising radiation (radiation worker)

Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector

P6 Scheduling experience desirable but not essential

Knowledge of EV concepts desirable but not essential

Experience of Shipbuilding/Repair/Refit/Decommissioning environments desirable but not essential.

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager

A bachelor's degree in engineering / project / construction management or a related field desirable but not essential

A professional qualification (e.g. APM) desirable but not essential.

Eligibility for SC Clearance, NNPPI and ITAR essential

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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK

What we offer

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 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.

‘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

Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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 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: 05/06/2025