Submarine Operations Centre Lead

Job Title: Submarine Operations Centre Lead
Location: Filton, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Up to £70,000 DOE + Private Healthcare
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF53486

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 Submarine Operations Centre Lead at our Bristol site.

Babcock's Submarine Support Engineering unit is the industry leader in providing engineering and program support to the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA), ensuring the safety of submariners at sea. Our mission is to collaborate within the submarine enterprise to deliver engineering and program outputs that support the successful in-service submarine program.

The Submarine Operations Centre, a joint Babcock/SDA team, leverages our expertise and digital tools to enhance the management of submarine maintenance and design projects, facilitating effective operations by our waterfront project delivery teams.

The role
As a Submarine Operations Centre Lead, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This prestigious position puts you at the forefront of ensuring smooth operation and continuous improvement of critical submarine maintenance and projects. You will be central to the execution and continued future development of the joint Submarine Operations Centre capability.

Your leadership will directly contribute to the safety and effectiveness of Submarine Operations, solidifying your reputation as a key pillar in the national submarine maintenance strategy.

Day to day, you'll be embedded with the SDA's Submarine Platform Managers and will be responsible for:

• Providing and presenting complex programme and engineering data analysis to enable collaborative decision-making, driving enterprise performance improvement.
• You will lead critical Submarine Operations Centre planning and co-ordination activities, identifying Issues & Actions affecting certainty of delivery of the submarine programme
• You will provide critical advice to key stakeholders whilst being supported by project and engineering teams conducting key engineering & programme analysis.

This is a permanent position with a 36-hour flexible working week. Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to work primarily on site at 3/4 days a week at Babcock Technology Centre and MOD Abbeywood sites in NorthBristol but there will be some opportunities for agile working.

There may be occasional times when the business demands extra effort, your dedication during these times ensures the continued success of our operation and reinforces your pivotal role within the team.

Essential experience of the Submarine Operations Centre Lead:

• Knowledge of submarine in-service support arrangement
• Proven senior stakeholder management experience.
• Knowledge and experience of project lifecycle delivery
• Experience in a project management position
• Knowledge of governance and quality processes

Qualifications for the Submarine Operations Centre Lead:

• A bachelor's degree in engineering / project / construction management or equivalent experience.
• Ideally, you will be a member of a relevant institution and hold or working towards Chartered or Incorporated status in project management or engineering.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Private Healthcare
• 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 most 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

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.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 08/03/2024

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