Defence Project Management Jobs

Lead quality assurance for new product introduction (NPI) into series production, providing strategic quality leadership and risk mitigation in a technically advanced defence manufacturing environment.

Lockheed Martin is seeking a Subcontract Programme Manager - Space in Havant to manage external supplier engagement for critical military satellite communications capability, playing a vital role in national security.

Shape the future of defence engineering as a Senior Structures Engineer at Babcock, supporting the Royal Navy Submarine Fleet with innovative structural design and engineering solutions. This role offers the opportunity to lead technical development and collaborate on complex, high-impact projects.

Lead supplier quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives within a leading defence, aerospace, and engineering organisation. Drive "right-first-time" delivery of mission-critical goods and services.

Join Babcock at Devonport Royal Dockyard as a Quantity Surveyor and play a crucial role in delivering national security projects. Multiple opportunities exist for individuals at all career stages to contribute to critical defence infrastructure.

Lead a major eight-year contract for environmental laboratory services, driving operational and financial performance. This role offers hybrid working in Whitehaven, Cumbria, and is key to critical nuclear operations.

Join Cavendish Nuclear as a Senior Procurement Specialist in Warrington, Cheshire, and play a vital role in shaping the supply chain for critical engineering and major projects. This permanent, full-time position offers a hybrid working arrangement and the chance to contribute to a safe and secure world.

Lead strategic facilities management across a global defence and engineering organization, shaping future standards and driving operational excellence in a pivotal transformation phase.

Lead an operational team as a Workshop Supervisor, ensuring safety, efficiency, and delivery of production plans. This permanent, full-time role offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Lead the end-to-end mobilization of major programmes and contracts for the prestigious Hinkley Point C Nuclear project, ensuring seamless transitions from concept to operational delivery. This high-impact leadership role involves shaping strategy, driving collaboration, and ensuring operational readiness within a complex engineering environment.

Lead the operations strategy for a next-generation naval shipbuilding programme, shaping productivity, quality, and safety for a critical defence project.

Lead critical engineering work that powers national security as a Mechanical Trade Supervisor at HMNB Clyde Faslane. This role offers a unique opportunity to manage skilled teams on complex projects, ensuring operational readiness for the Royal Navy.

Lead and deliver HR Data & AI initiatives as an HR Data & AI Project Manager, shaping the strategic workforce agenda across the UK. You will build trusted workforce data foundations and enable future AI capabilities.

Lead impactful business transformations and drive operational improvements as a Six-Sigma Black Belt certified Change Manager. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape our digital future and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Lead manufacturing and production operations as an Operations Programme Manager, aligning programme objectives with operational capabilities to ensure customer commitments are met.

Babcock is seeking a Senior Civil and Structural Engineer to join their team at Devonport Royal Dockyard, playing a vital role in the through-life management of critical infrastructure for national defence. This permanent, full-time position offers hybrid working arrangements and the opportunity to engineer the future of national security.

Lead the design, configuration, and support of SAP security and authorisations as a SAP Security Architect and Team Lead. Shape strategy, mentor specialists, and safeguard critical defence and aerospace programmes.

Join Babcock as a Project Support Officer in Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, to support critical defence and security projects. This hybrid role offers exposure to complex programmes and opportunities for career growth.

Lead commercial performance for complex rail contracts in Glasgow, Scotland, managing profitability, risk, and stakeholder relationships in a senior leadership role.

Join BAE Systems as a Senior Project Controller to support project teams by developing plans, maintaining baselines, and reporting progress. You'll analyze performance, provide insights, and present findings to senior leaders to ensure effective cost, schedule, and milestone delivery.

Lead critical infrastructure operations as an Explosive Handling Jetty Facility Manager at HMNB Clyde, ensuring safety, efficiency, and compliance to support national security. This permanent, full-time role offers a unique leadership opportunity within Babcock's Nuclear sector.

Join Babcock as an Assistant Project Manager in Plymouth, supporting critical civil engineering projects for naval operations. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to advance your project management career within a vital national defence infrastructure program.

Lead major infrastructure projects supporting critical national capabilities as a Programme Manager in Plymouth. Drive project performance from planning to delivery, managing multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

Join BAE Systems as a SHE Advisor in Frimley, providing essential health, safety, and environmental advice across the business. This role offers a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements.

Lead project performance analysis at BAE Systems, mentoring teams and presenting insights to senior leaders to ensure strong programme control and delivery. This site-based role in Portsmouth or Cowes offers the opportunity to shape the future of defence solutions.

BAE Systems is seeking an organized and motivated Junior Project Manager to join their Manufacturing Engineering team in Guildford, UK. This early-career role offers a fantastic opportunity to manage the end-to-end delivery of complex electronic products and build a long-term career in project management.

As a Project Engineer in Rosyth, you will be instrumental in delivering critical construction and infrastructure projects essential for national defence. This role offers comprehensive exposure to the full project lifecycle, enhancing your expertise while contributing to UK safety and security.

Join Babcock as a Senior Product Safety Engineer, ensuring the safety and compliance of critical defence systems across various UK sites, with a focus on mission-critical systems for both domestic and export clients.

Lead a complex business unit's strategic direction, operational delivery, and commercial performance within the UK's critical nuclear sector. This pivotal role offers significant influence and the opportunity to shape the future of energy and national resilience.

Join Babcock as a Commercial Manager in Plymouth, driving multi-billion pound defence infrastructure programmes and ensuring robust commercial governance and risk management in a dynamic, regulated environment.

Lead commercial excellence on the major Hinkley Point C nuclear project, managing complex mechanical, electrical, and HVAC works within a collaborative alliance. Drive performance, manage risk, and ensure robust, compliant commercial practices.

Airbus Defence & Space is seeking an experienced R&D Projects and Business Development Manager to drive innovation and strategic market growth in secure satellite communication projects. This role involves managing projects, identifying new business opportunities, and leading cross-functional teams.

BAE Systems is seeking a Production Planner to translate ship design into production plans, manage materials, and support manufacturing teams to meet customer commitments on major UK projects.

We are seeking an IT Service Manager to be the single point of accountability for end-to-end IT service delivery to a key aviation customer, driving service excellence and ensuring critical technology operations.

Lead commercial strategy and drive robust commercial practice as a Senior Commercial Manager at the vital Rosyth Royal Dockyard, a key site for UK defence and marine operations.

Join Babcock as a Change Project Coordinator in Salisbury, Wiltshire, playing a vital role in programmes that protect the nation. This hybrid role involves coordinating change activity, capturing essential data, and ensuring timely, high-quality responses to contractual changes.

Lead mechanical maintenance operations on aircraft and components in a fast-jet aviation environment at RAF Valley. This role offers hands-on leadership and technical authority to ensure safety, compliance, and high-quality maintenance standards.

Join Boeing Sheffield as a Supply Chain Management Analyst, where you will optimize global supply chains, manage inventory, and drive process improvements to meet production targets.

Lead the digital delivery of complex programmes spanning ERP, Digital Engineering, and Manufacturing systems, driving strategic alignment and stakeholder collaboration for BAE Systems.

Join BAE Systems as a Project Controller in Scotstoun, supporting a major international naval shipbuilding programme by analysing performance data and providing key insights to senior leadership. This hybrid role offers a salary up to £40,000 and excellent career development opportunities.

Lead defence logistics strategy and operations as a Logistics Capability Manager, ensuring critical warehousing and distribution services for the Royal Navy. Develop your leadership and strategic planning skills in a global engineering organisation.

Lead complex defence projects from initiation to close-out as a Senior Project Manager in Telford, Shropshire. Drive delivery, manage risks, and build stakeholder relationships to strengthen national security.

Lead the engineering solutions that help maintain the Royal Navy’s critical assets as a Principal Mechanical Handling Engineer. This role involves providing technical leadership and delivering complex engineering solutions for submarine and warship refit programmes.

Join Babcock as a Compliance Administrator in Helensburgh, supporting critical information security and contributing to national security. This role offers hybrid working and the chance to develop valuable skills in compliance and administration.

Support the delivery of mission-critical defence programmes as an Assistant Project Manager, working on highly classified and complex projects within Babcock's Mission Systems business. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your project management career in a leading defence organisation.

Lead critical fleet maintenance operations as a Fleet Maintenance Manager at RAF Valley, ensuring the operational readiness and safety of a specialist vehicle fleet supporting defence operations.

Join BAE Systems as a Project Professional to manage and deliver vital small projects, working with engineering and operations to meet cost and quality targets. This role offers a career with purpose in a supportive, inclusive environment.

Coordinate crucial handover activities for major defence infrastructure projects, ensuring assets and systems are safely and efficiently transferred. This role offers career development in a regulated environment, contributing directly to UK defence capability.

Drive quality excellence across critical defence infrastructure as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Devonport Royal Dockyard. You will ensure engineering, infrastructure, and maintenance activities meet the highest standards of quality, compliance, and safety, supporting vital submarine and warship operations.

Lead global safety, health, and environmental protection strategies as a Director at Babcock, influencing enterprise-wide standards in a safety-critical organisation to shape risk management and protect people, assets, and the environment.

Lead supplier quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives within a Group Procurement and Supply Chain function, driving standards and reducing risk in critical defence, aerospace, and engineering projects. This role offers scope to develop expertise across complex supply chains in a performance-driven organisation.

Lead high-impact projects in the Under Water Systems sector as a Senior Project Manager at Thales, shaping the future of mine warfare technology.

Lead and inspire a team of Project Managers within Boeing Defence UK's MoD IS Programme, driving project success through Agile frameworks and ensuring delivery against contractual obligations.

Join Babcock at Devonport Royal Dockyard as a Mechanical or Chemical Engineer, contributing to critical submarine interfaces and pressure systems within the Nuclear Engineering Group. Multiple levels and hybrid working arrangements available.

Lead critical process design projects for Babcock's defence engineering capability, ensuring the safety and performance of nuclear plant and equipment. This Senior Process Engineer role requires expertise in engineering concepts and the ability to manage projects and mentor others.

Lead Ministry of Defence infrastructure and construction projects up to £4 million, managing the full project lifecycle from planning to Health & Safety, with hybrid working opportunities in Plymouth.

Support the delivery of critical defence infrastructure as an Assistant Package Manager in Plymouth. This role offers hands-on experience across the project lifecycle in a major programme environment.

Lead major construction and infrastructure projects vital to national security at our Rosyth site. This is a challenging role where you'll manage projects end-to-end within a highly regulated environment.

Lead major infrastructure and construction projects at Babcock's Rosyth site, driving strategic delivery, capability development, and governance excellence. This permanent, full-time role offers a competitive salary and benefits, requiring SC security clearance.

Support the delivery of critical construction and infrastructure projects that uphold national security as an Assistant Project Manager. Gain invaluable experience and accelerate your career within a leading UK engineering organisation.

Lead and manage welding operations as a First Line Manager at Devonport Royal Dockyard, supporting critical defence projects. This role requires a blend of technical welding expertise, leadership, and a commitment to quality and safety.

Lead critical engineering work packages within the Nuclear Repair team at HMNB Clyde Faslane, ensuring the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of Fleet Engineering activities. This role offers a chance to contribute to national security while managing teams and subcontractors in a dynamic environment.

Lead the creation and management of vital digital information for the UK Royal Navy's critical infrastructure as a Principal Information Management and Digital Engineer in Rosyth. Drive innovation in digital models and data to ensure accuracy, compliance, and project success.

Join Babcock as a Senior Quantity Surveyor at Devonport Royal Dockyard, playing a critical role in delivering complex national defence infrastructure projects. This is a hybrid role offering significant commercial leadership and career development opportunities.

Join Babcock as an Inventory Manager and play a crucial role in optimizing inventory and supply chain operations for critical defence programmes. This permanent, full-time position offers hybrid working and the chance to contribute directly to national security.

Shape critical commercial decisions as a Management Accountant at Babcock's Rosyth site, supporting a high-growth Marine portfolio in complex, project-based environments. This role offers significant influence and visibility with senior leadership.

Lead the delivery of high-value, complex infrastructure projects vital for national security at HMNB Clyde Faslane. This permanent, full-time role offers hybrid working and a competitive salary.

Lead complex mechanical handling engineering projects from concept to handover, providing technical leadership within a UK defence environment. "Lifetime engineering" means building a future that lasts, not just through impact, but through meaningful careers.

Drive transformative change in a critical UK engineering and defence environment as a Senior Business Improvement Specialist. Shape and deliver initiatives that enhance performance, improve efficiency, and contribute to national security.

Lead and coordinate safe, compliant transport operations in a military environment as a Transport Supervisor for the HADES programme at RAF Northolt.

Lead complex IT projects to drive transformative digital change within a global defence organisation. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to modernise systems and impact national security.

Lead critical defence projects, delivering complex engineering and technology solutions within Babcock's Mission Systems business. Make a tangible impact on national security programmes while advancing your career.

Lead pivotal IT transformation initiatives as a Business Change Professional at BAE Systems, driving the adoption of new technologies and ensuring successful business outcomes. This role offers hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

Lead and coordinate project management support for infrastructure and construction strategy within the FCAS Investments Projects Programme & Bid team. Drive the development and delivery of a significant £2bn+ infrastructure portfolio over a 10-year period.

Lead high-impact warhead projects, driving bids, delivery, and innovation as a Portfolio Manager at BAE Systems. Connect teams and leadership, bringing sharp business insight to achieve significant outcomes.

Lead a portfolio of advanced weapons and munitions products, taking full responsibility for project delivery and new business development. This role requires strong leadership, supply chain management expertise, and the ability to report on portfolio health to senior management.

BAE Systems is seeking a Project Professional in Ridsdale to support test and evaluation trials, applying robust project management to monitor progress, coordinate resources, and report on key business metrics. This role is crucial for ensuring timely execution and alignment with quality and performance objectives.

BAE Systems is seeking an Academy Coordinator for an 18-month fixed-term contract to ensure the smooth, compliant, and safe running of the Academy through administrative and operational coordination. You will manage information, events, people flow, and facilities while supporting delegate experience and maintaining high standards.

Join BAE Systems as a Business Support Co-ordinator in Coventry, playing a key role in the day-to-day running of the Submarine Business office, managing operations, and ensuring compliance.

Lead and manage significant enterprise IT projects and programmes, driving business change and ensuring successful delivery of complex infrastructure initiatives. This role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and a proactive approach to risk and issue resolution.

Join BAE Systems Digital Intelligence as a Project Manager in Gloucester and play a pivotal role in delivering impactful solutions for National Security clients. Leverage your expertise in team development, stakeholder management, and project planning to drive success in a growing, collaborative environment.

Lead impactful capital projects across the UK workplace as a Senior Real Estate Project Manager. This role offers the opportunity to drive project delivery and engage with senior leadership.

Support the delivery of mission-critical defence programmes as an Assistant Project Manager, contributing to national security and building your project management career within a leading engineering organisation.

Lead the delivery of complex, large-scale engineered projects as a Senior Project Manager at Thales. Drive cross-functional teams and ensure high-quality, on-time project completion.

Lead the delivery of complex, large-scale engineered projects as a Senior Project Manager at Thales. Drive cross-functional teams and ensure high-quality, on-time project completion.

Lead high-impact programmes as a Senior Programme Manager within a dynamic, advanced environment at Thales. Drive delivery excellence and manage multidisciplinary teams to shape significant business outcomes.

Lead the delivery of complex, multi-project products as a Product Programme Manager, driving governance, financial performance, and customer outcomes in a dynamic, hybrid environment.

Lead the successful delivery of complex, critical projects as a Project Manager, managing multi-disciplinary teams and engaging with key stakeholders.

Lead high-impact bids across UK and international markets as a Senior Bid Manager. Drive proposal excellence, manage cross-functional teams, and influence business growth in a dynamic environment.

Lead commercial success as a Bid Finance Manager, driving complex bids with expert financial modelling and analysis. Collaborate with teams to optimize pricing and provide critical insights throughout the bidding lifecycle.