Project Engineering Manager

Job Title: Project Engineering Manager

Location: Walsall, West Midlands

Compensation: From £46, Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

Lead engineering that protects lives and shapes the future

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Engineering Manager at our Babcock Vehicle Engineering site in Walsall, West Midlands.

The role

As a Project Engineering Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will lead the multi‑disciplinary technical design and delivery of complex engineering projects across their full lifecycle, from concept through to in‑service support and disposal.

This is a rare opportunity to combine hands‑on engineering expertise with people leadership. You will manage and develop a team of engineers, act as the technical authority for your projects, and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and external partners.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

The role is based onsite at Walsall, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, 39 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Project Engineering Manager:

Qualifications for the Project Engineering Manager:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you. You will need to demonstrate:

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 .

What we offer

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, 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.