Project Controls Officer

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

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 Project Controls Officer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Project Controls Officer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary where you'll significantly influence the Learning from Experience (LfE) process and practices for the project. This role offers excellent development potential and opportunities to grow within the team and broader function.

Day-to-day, you'll support the team in daily LfE implementation and recording for the Project Controls Astute Project. You'll liaise with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure LfE is appropriately recorded, reported, and implemented.

• Assist the Senior LfE Engineers with capturing, reviewing, recording, sharing, and using LfE documentation. Investigate LfE cases from the Submarine Support community for Astute Class submarine projects.
• Facilitate LfE workshops with stakeholders and record outputs.
• Produce and maintain LfE reports, recommendations, workshop notes, and registers.
• Manage LfE registers for project planning and execution phases, including recommendations and actions.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Project Controls Officer

• Knowledge of Project Controls and Project Management methodologies.
• Proven communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactive, inquisitive, and focused on continual improvement.
• Experienced in data analysis, reporting, report writing, and information management.
• Background in change, transformation, or continuous improvement is a plus.

Qualifications for the Project Controls Officer

• Project Management Qualification (e.g., APM, APMF, Prince2) is desirable but not essential.
• Knowledge and Information Management Practitioner or equivalent is desirable but not essential.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• 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 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.