Babcock International Group
Administrator
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Job Title: Administrator
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £24,500 - £28,000 Depending on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74620
Keep Critical Infrastructure Projects Running Smoothly While Building a Career That Makes a Real Difference.
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Administrator at our Plymouth, Devon site.
The role
As an Administrator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll provide essential administrative, secretarial, and document control support to senior managers and project teams within Major Infrastructure Projects. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to programmes that support the UK's defence and infrastructure capabilities while developing your administrative expertise in a complex and fast-paced environment.
Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you'll play a vital role in ensuring projects remain organised, compliant, and efficient. Your attention to detail, organisational skills, and proactive approach will directly support business objectives and help deliver outcomes that matter.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
- Attend meetings with managers and stakeholders, recording accurate minutes and tracking actions.
- Produce reports, schedules, summaries, and documentation through the extraction and collation of data from multiple sources.
- Provide administrative and secretarial support to project teams, enabling the achievement of key business objectives.
- Manage routine enquiries and correspondence, supporting managers and stakeholders efficiently.
- Maintain compliance documentation and ensuring records are accurately distributed, captured, and uploaded to SharePoint systems.
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This is a full-time, permanent role based at Devonport, working 35 hours per week.
Essential Experience Of The Administrator
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Access.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
- Effective problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Ability to work independently, prioritise workload, and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
Essential Qualifications for the Administrator
- GCSE English and Mathematics at Grade C/Grade 4 or equivalent.
- NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or equivalent qualification.
Desirable
- Additional administration, business support, or project support qualifications.
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.
What We Offer
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- 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 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
- 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 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: 21/07/2026
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