Senior Project Manager

Corsham, England, United Kingdom

12/11/2024

Job Title: Senior Project Manager - Skynet

Location: Corsham, Wiltshire + Hybrid Working Options

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time and Permanent

Role ID: SF59967

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 Senior Project Manager at our Corsham site.

The role

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll be at the heart of our dynamic transformation team, driving change and innovation every day. You'll be supporting vital MILSATCOM (military satellite communication) systems one day and pioneering new technologies the next. Your work will be instrumental in shaping the future of satellite communication systems within the defence sector. With our proven track record of innovation, you'll have endless opportunities to develop and expand your knowledge and expertise.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Lead the change and co-ordination of an integrated project delivery team ensuring the successful delivery of projects through planning monitoring and control in an INCOSE Systems Engineering environment.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project goals.
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
• Lead the project to deliver world class performance by driving continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging the latest technologies and methodologies to enhance project outcomes.
• Establish and maintain governance arrangements for the delivery of the project, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities.
• Mentor and guide project team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
  
  
  

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Experience Of The Skynet Senior Project Manager

• Contract change process, and developing proposal responses to change requests
• Considerable experience in the advanced application of Project Management techniques in a relevant technical project environment
• Previous experience on a complex defence and telecommunication projects / programmes, preferably MILSATCOM
• Technical work package experience in areas such as site, FM and IT – desirable
  
  
  

Qualifications For The Skynet Project Manager

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience then we would like to hear from you.

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 (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 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.

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