Senior Operations Manager

At Babcock, we are working to create a safe and secure world, and as a Senior Operations Manager at our Rosyth site, you can play your part. This is a role out of the ordinary, where you will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight across ship outfitting activities, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient delivery.

Working at the heart of a major defence programme, you will be responsible for driving performance across electrical, mechanical, piping, and construction outfitting activities. You will also focus on developing high-performing teams and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. This role offers outstanding scope for career development, giving you the opportunity to lead large-scale engineering and manufacturing operations while contributing to projects of national significance.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Leading, motivating, and developing supervisors, managers, and operational teams to deliver programme objectives.
• Driving safe, efficient, and compliant delivery of ship outfitting, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Managing operational performance, resources, budgets, forecasts, and delivery risks to achieve programme milestones.
• Collaborating with engineering, project, supply chain, and subcontractor teams to maximise productivity and quality.
• Championing a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the programme.

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience leading large operational teams within complex engineering, manufacturing, marine, defence, or heavy industrial environments.
• Understanding of project controls, budgets, forecasting, and resource management.
• Demonstrable success managing managers, supervisors, and multidisciplinary teams to achieve business objectives.
• Experience delivering organisational change, improving performance, and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders, customers, and delivery partners.

Qualifications:

• Degree, Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma, or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Recognised trade qualification supported by significant leadership experience – desirable.
• Professional membership with institutions such as the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, Association for Project Management, or equivalent – desirable.
• IOSH, NEBOSH, or equivalent health, safety, and environmental qualification – desirable.

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week, and is based on site at Rosyth.