Assistant Project Manager - Digital and Technology

We Served; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence and engineering contractor based in Plymouth is looking for an Assistant Project Manager – Digital and Technology. This full-time role involves managing digital projects and requires proven experience in project management within regulated sectors. The position offers hybrid working options and requires candidates to hold or be able to achieve UK security clearance. Benefits include a generous holiday allowance, matched pension contributions, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing Digital & Technology projects, ideally in infrastructure or defence sectors.
• Strong record of leading projects from requirements gathering through to operational use.
• Familiarity with highly regulated environments and security assurance principles.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Digital & Technology Lead in managing multiple projects.
• Acting as an interface between Digital & Technology Delivery Support and project teams.
• Driving project progression and delivery using digital tools.
• Leading approved projects through to operational handover.
• Ensuring compliance through effective documentation management.

Skills

Project management experience

Strong leadership skills

Familiarity with regulated environments

Education

APM Project Management Qualification (PFQ/PMQ) or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager – Digital and Technology
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68349

Shape the Future of Defence and Engineering

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Project Manager – Digital and Technology at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As an Assistant Project Manager – Digital and Technology, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to develop your career in a dynamic environment where innovation meets purpose.

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with our Digital & Technology Lead and multi-disciplinary teams to ensure successful delivery from concept to operational handover.

• Supporting the Digital & Technology Lead in managing multiple projects from concept through to go-live
• Acting as an interface between Digital & Technology Delivery Support and project teams
• Driving project progression and delivery using digital tools and processes
• Leading approved projects through to operational handover
• Ensuring compliance and traceability through effective documentation management

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 1 day in the office/onsite and 4 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager – Digital and Technology

• Proven experience managing Digital & Technology projects, ideally in infrastructure or defence sectors
• Strong record of leading projects from requirements gathering through to operational use
• Familiarity with highly regulated environments and security assurance principles

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager – Digital and Technology

• APM Project Management Qualification (PFQ/PMQ) or equivalent experience

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 portalPayment of Professional FeesReservists 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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 [e-mail] 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: 06/01/2026

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