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Job Title: Assistant Project Manager
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73365
Assistant Project Manager Production
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Project Manager Production at Ashton House, near Bristol, South West England.
As a global leader in defence, aerospace and engineering, we design, build, manage and maintain mission-critical systems that help keep nations safe. A career with us is more than a job—it is a chance to contribute to projects that have real purpose, lasting impact and global relevance.
The Role
As an Assistant Project Manager Production, you will be embedded within one of our Mission Systems production programmes, supporting the successful delivery of complex engineering projects. This is a highly visible role where your coordination, organisation and problem-solving skills will directly influence project outcomes that matter to national security and customer success.
You will work closely with manufacturing, engineering and commercial teams, gaining hands-on exposure to the full project lifecycle while building strong stakeholder relationships. It is an opportunity to grow your project management capability within a supportive, high-performance environment and develop a career at the cutting edge of defence engineering.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
- Supporting planning, scheduling, cost control and risk management activities across production programmes
- Coordinating work packages and monitoring progress to ensure delivery against agreed plans
- Working collaboratively with manufacturing, engineering and procurement teams to drive momentum
- Engaging with internal stakeholders to communicate progress, issues and mitigation actions
- Contributing to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance delivery performance
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This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 4 days onsite and 1 day working from home.
Essential Experience of the Assistant Project Manager
- Experience working within a project management or delivery environment
- Understanding of the project lifecycle from planning through to delivery
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to work to deadlines, schedules and changing priorities
- Confidence working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams
Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager
- Project Management qualification or equivalent experience (PFQ and/or PMQ desirable)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Must be Sole UK National.
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.
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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, allowing employees to buy or sell annual leave
- ‘Be Kind Day’ — one paid volunteering day per year
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- A dynamic, inclusive working environment focused on growth and wellbeing
Babcock
We’re Babcock—a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts—not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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
28/08/2026
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