Lead engineer Work, Jobs in Prestonpans, Eln (with Salaries)

Senior Operations Manager
Babcock International —Dunfermline
- £57,300 - £82,300 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Continuous improvement
- No degree
- Annual leave
Laboratory Technician - Pathology
Forestry Commission - Forest Research —Roslin
- £30,105 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Bachelor's degree
- No degree
- Free parking
- Annual leave
10d
Leisure Supervisor - Weekends
BAM UK & Ireland —Wallyford
- £16.70 - £16.90 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Team management
- Computer skills
- Leadership
11d
Radiological Protection Engineer
EDF Energy —Dunbar
- £47,513 - £99,929 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
Operations Support Manager
Oceaneering —Rosyth
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Analysis skills
- Continuous improvement
Product Manager
Let Tech Solutions Ltd —Edinburgh
- £26,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- English
- Business development
- In-person
- Sick pay
Quick apply
8d
Sr. Digital Design Engineer, Team Lead
Allegro MicroSystems, LLC —Musselburgh
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Master's degree
- Travel
Associate Director - Fire & Life Safety
AESG —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Business development
Senior Buyer
Babcock International —Dunfermline
- £45,283 - £52,872 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
4d
Engineering Operations Manager
EZ Rocks Construction Materials & Engineering Solutions Ltd —Edinburgh
- £58,000 - £75,000 a year
- Full-time
- Team management
- Budgeting
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
Quick apply
Warehouse Supervisor | Newbridge | SGN
GXO Logistics —Newbridge
- Up to £35,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Supervising experience
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Shipbuild Completions Manager
Babcock International —Dunfermline
- £56,570 - £66,229 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Engineering
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
12d
IT Service Desk Analyst
The Scottish Government —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Travel
4d
Junior Software Engineer
PODFather —Edinburgh
- £28,000 - £35,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Maths
- Software development
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
International Private Bank - Operations Projects Manager - Vice President
JPMorganChase —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Agile
- Communication skills
8d
Senior Engineering Project Manager
Science and Technology Facilities Council —Edinburgh
- £67,409 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Organisational skills
- In-person
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
2d
Technical Facilities Manager - Scotland Support
Sodexo —Inverleith
- Up to £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Budgeting
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
12d
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Database Development)
Companies House —Edinburgh
- £41,509 - £52,509 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
12d
Software Development Engineer, Intelligent Talent Acquisition - Lead Generation & Detection Services
Amazon Development Centre (Scotland) Limited —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree
- Software development
Sustainable Mobility Planners (Varying grades)
Pell Frischmann —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Analysis skills
- Leadership

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Senior Operations Manager

Babcock International -
Dunfermline

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£57,300 - £82,300 a year

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension

Qualifications

Stakeholder collaboration
Stakeholder liaison
Engineering
Stakeholder coordination
Continuous improvement
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Leadership
Team motivation leadership
Operations leadership experience
Stakeholder management

Full job description

Location:
Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

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Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Senior Operations Manager

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £57,300 - £82,300+ Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75570

Lead the delivery of world-class warships and help shape the future of UK 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 Senior Operations Manager at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Senior Operations Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll 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'll be responsible for driving performance across electrical, mechanical, piping and construction outfitting activities, while 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 you'll be required to:
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.

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

Essential experience of the Senior Operations Manager

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 for the Senior Operations Manager

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

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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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. 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: 11/09/2026

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