Head Of Delivery

Job Title: Head of Delivery

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67158

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 Head of Delivery at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Head of Delivery, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Lead a high-performing team to deliver one of the UK’s most ambitious shipbuilding programmes. You’ll provide visible leadership, offering clear guidance and direction to ensure successful delivery of agreed targets and milestones.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead and oversee all aspects within the scope of Ship Managers, Commissioning Managers, Quality Control Managers, and Completions Managers. Additionally, you will:

• Deliver the full ship outfitting scope on the Type 31 Programme on time, on budget, safely, and to the highest quality
• Lead composite working teams across all areas of outfit delivery
• Build and inspire an empowered, motivated, and capable team that consistently performs at a high level
• Drive improvements in safety and quality culture, making Type 31 the benchmark for excellence in shipbuilding
• Embed continuous improvement across the delivery stream to ensure all milestone targets are achieved

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.

Essential experience of the Head of Delivery

• Proven experience in project or programme delivery at a senior management level
• Strong leadership and change management across multidisciplinary environments
• Demonstrated success in shipbuilding programmes with a focus on operations or production management
• Deep understanding of project management processes, tools, and techniques across complex projects
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels within a large, complex programme

Qualifications for the Head of Delivery

• Relevant degree (or equivalent experience)
• Technical trade or engineering based background
• Membership of a recognised professional institution

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).

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 portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists 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 [email protected] 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: 09/09/2025