Job Title: Fleet Engineering Production Manager
Location: Helensburgh
Compensation: Salary up to £79,800 depending on experience plus Bonus, Private Healthcare, Pension & Flex Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63762
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 Fleet Engineering Production Manager to lead and manage the Delivery Manager (Afloat) team within our Fleet Engineering Department to meet safety, quality, time and cost targets.
The role
As Fleet Engineering Production Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you'll be key to the business at an exciting time of growth and investment in our manufacturing and production facilities and resources
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Day to day, you will be a key player supporting the Head of Fleet Engineering’s Deputy in managing the delivery and growth of Fleet Engineering projects.
Key duties include:
- Leading on Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Quality within the wider Fleet Engineering Team & implementation of the Company policies in the Marine Engineering area of the business ensuring that assessments of risks are carried out which lead to safe working attitudes and practices.
- Agreeing department objectives and targets with the Head of Fleet Engineering and once set, managing these through to successful completion.
- Champion process, technical and business improvement using continuous improvement techniques to accelerate delivery in key business areas. Includes measuring Departmental performance and adoption of best practice by the introduction of innovative technological solutions.
- Ensuring that all tasks are carried out in accordance with the Company’s cost, time and quality requirements
- Lead and motivate all Fleet Engineering Support staff to deliver the main objective and purpose.
Essential experience of the Fleet Engineering Production Manager:
- Proven experience leading the output of multi discsiplinary production and fabrication teams, gained ideally within a similar manufacturing operations leadership or programme level role
- Experience of the delivery of engineering and technical production capabilities within a complex organisation - we would welcome applications from high integrity sectors such as Aviation, Defence, Marine, Oil & Gas, Rail or similar
- A leader who can inspire, motivate and deliver cultural change and best practice solutions to a diverse work group
- Commercial acumen, budgetary control experience
- Passionate about the continuing professional development of resources and ensuring quality of output at all times
37.5 hour working week. Full time
Qualifications for the Fleet Engineering Production Manager:
- HND or equivalent in a relevant Engineering Discipline e.g. Mechanical, Electrical, Welding / Fabrication, Nuclear, Marine, Aviation etc
- NEBOSH, IOSH or similar would be desirable
- Any Project Management certifications would be advantageous but not essential
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC clearance level 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit
- ‘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
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have 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 30/04/25
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