Job Title: Facility Upgrade Programme Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £54,019 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72457
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 Facility Upgrade Programme Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
Overall Department Direction
Radioactive Waste Management is responsible for the safe management of radiologically implicated waste across Devonport Royal Dockyard. The RWM infrastructure requires extensive upgrades to meet the future demand of the submarine programme, with a recent commitment to capex investment being secured.
Main Purpose of Role
The Facility Upgrade Programme Manager role will be pivotal to the success of the RWM facility upgrade strategy. The overall aim of the role is to integrate the facility upgrade projects whilst maintaining operations and maintenance of the facility. You will oversee multiple workstreams managing schedules, risk and dependencies with stakeholder communication being central to success. You will facilitate regular updates reporting internally and externally on RWM facility upgrades.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Facility Upgrade Programme Manager:
Qualifications for the Facility Upgrade Programme Manager:
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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).
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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: 22/05/2026
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