Submarine Operations Centre Lead
| Posting date: | 09 August 2024 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 August 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, Bristol, BS16 1EJ |
| Company: | Babcock International Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SF55320_1723212117 |
Summary
Job Title: Submarine Operations Centre Lead
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Up to £70,000 dependent upon experience + Private Healthcare
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55320
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 Babcock Technology Centre 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 the combination of our knowledge and experience with ever improving digital tools and information to improve the management of submarine maintenance requirements and the development of maintenance projects to support effective operations delivered by our waterfront project and 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 and programme analysis.
This role is full time , 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3-4 days in the office/onsite between our Bristol Business Park office in Stoke Gifford and MoD Abbeywood in Filton, North Bristol.
On occasion, the business may demand extra input and your dedication during these times will ensure the continued success of our operation and will reinforce your pivotal role within the team.
Essential experience of the Submarine Operations Centre Lead:
- Knowledge of submarine in-service support arrangements
- 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
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be 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)
Our Benefits
- Private Healthcare
- 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 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
- Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
- Potential to develop skills.
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.
Closing date: 30/08/2024
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