Package Manager - Fleet Time Engineering

About the job

Job Title: Package Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £49,943.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58251

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 Package Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Package Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will have the opportunity to join our business and be part of delivering world class engineering support services to the Royal Navy.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to co-ordinate and manage the planning, estimating, delivery, close out and archiving of planned Fleet Time Support Period (FTSP) work packages, unplanned work (UPW), Alterations & Additions (A&As), Deployed Support Periods (DSP) and Docking Essential Defect Survey (DEDS) periods.

• Act as the main point of contact for the overall management of programmed and un-programmed work packages, producing schedules and working with relative stakeholders including the Class Output Management team (COM) and ships' staff.
• Chair and facilitate FTSP service provider meetings including take-on, plan of the day, weekly progress and close-out meetings.
• Identify and de-conflict other work on board to ensure success of the FTSP/UPW/DEDS/DSP & A&A's without detriment to the whole ship's programme.
• Sub-contractor management and liaison with customers and suppliers.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Package Manager

• An understanding of project management principles (Prince 2 / APM / Lean Six Sigma).
• Excellent teamwork, problem solving, real time decision making, interpersonal and communication skills are required, along with the drive and enthusiasm to work in a challenging role within a busy and highly successful team.
• Computer literacy skills essential, Microsoft packages (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint).
• An understanding of contracts and financial controls (desirable).

Qualifications for the Package Manager

• An HNC/HND in an Engineering/Technical subject, or equivalent experience in an engineering role.

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.

What we offer

• 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
• Opportunity to work with innovative technology.
• Potential to develop skills.

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: 08/07/2024