Overview

Job Title: Assistant Package Manager – Mechanical Services Integration
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF67705
Help Deliver the Infrastructure That Powers National Defence

Role

As an Assistant Package Manager – Mechanical Services Integration, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a vital role in supporting the delivery of complex infrastructure projects that enable the Royal Navy’s submarine maintenance operations. You’ll work closely with internal and external stakeholders to manage scope, requirements, programme, risk, and contract elements, ensuring successful project outcomes. Day‑to‑day, you’ll be part of a team that’s shaping the future of defence engineering, with clear pathways for career progression and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating, developing, and agreeing requirements, project scope and solutions for design and physical works phases
• Managing planning, monitoring and control of work packages delivered by internal and external teams
• Applying configuration and change control to design packages
• Forecasting costs and monitoring/reporting against budget
• Contributing to risk management, including identification, assessment and implementation of mitigations

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience

• Experience with engineering systems within scope
• Project delivery experience in a Nuclear Licensed Site environment (preferred)
• Technical governance and configuration management through construction and change control
• Management of NEC4 suite of contracts (ECC & PSC options A, C & E)
• Familiarity with CEMAR software and BIM in project delivery (preferred)

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC/HND (or equivalent) in project management, engineering or business management
• APMQ project management qualification (or equivalent)
• NEC contract management qualification or recognised training (preferred)
• IOSH certification (preferred)

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

• 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 to buy extra leave or sell up to one week annually
• Be Kind Day: one paid day for volunteering per year
• Development opportunities and wellbeing support

About Babcock

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. 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: 26/10/2025

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