Capital Planning Manager

Job Title: Capital Planning Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £59, Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69950

Shape the future of critical infrastructure — lead strategic investment planning at the heart of national defence.

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 Capital Planning Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Capital Planning Manager, you'll be a senior member of our Capital Planning Group, driving strategic investment planning for Devonport's critical infrastructure. This is your chance to influence projects that underpin national security and defence capability. You'll lead the development of options for large-scale projects - from initial concept through to complex business cases, ensuring alignment with HM Treasury 'Green Book' and our Project Management Framework.

Day-to-day, you'll lead the development of suitable options for large projects.

• Capture and develop investment requirements for your designated business area.
• Identify opportunities to bundle multiple project streams into strategic programmes.
• Develop robust, Green Book-compliant business cases for investment.
• Manage requirements through early project lifecycle stages and facilitate gate reviews.
• Support CapEx planning for large-scale or complex internally funded projects.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2-3 days in the office/onsite and 2-3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Capital Planning Manager

• Managing capital budgets, financial forecasting, and expenditure tracking.
• Experience in strategic planning or programme management environments.
• Writing robust business cases for major projects.
• Senior stakeholder management, including interaction with government and defence entities.
• Experience managing public funds (advantageous).

Qualifications for the Capital Planning Manager

• HNC/HND level education or equivalent experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or similar.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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 )

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 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: 05/12/2025

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