Digital Tools & Data Manager

Digital Tools & Data Manager

Location:

Dunfermline, Fife, Devonport, Plymouth or Bristol

Onsite or Hybrid:
Hybrid

Job Title:

Digital Tools & Data Manager

Address:
Bristol, GB, BS11 0YA

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Lead the Digital Transformation that Powers National Security

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Digital Tools and Data Manager at Devonport, Rosyth, or Bristol, near Plymouth, Dunfermline or Bristol (depending on base location).

The role

As a Digital Tools and Data Manager, you’ll shape the future of engineering across some of the UK’s most complex and important marine and defence programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to lead transformative change—championing the adoption of digital tools, improving data workflows, and enabling smarter, more efficient ways of working across engineering teams.

You’ll make a tangible difference to our ability to deliver engineering excellence  guiding how we use PLM, CAD and next‑generation visualisation tools, you’ll influence projects that strengthen national security and enhance UK capability—while accelerating your own professional development in a forward‑thinking, technology‑driven environment.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Support the development of the Group PLM blueprint and lead the implementation and rollout of PLM across Marine.
• Develop and manage a team of Subject Matter Experts, ensuring capability across PLM, CAD, engineering data and digital tools.
• Define and oversee governance for engineering information and data workflows.
• Establish a recharge model and governance framework for engineering software.
• Govern and develop AI use cases across Marine to drive efficiency and engineering innovation.

This is a full‑time position. The role can be based at any of our main UK locations listed above. Hybrid working patterns are available, with two days a week expected onsite.

• Extensive experience establishing and delivering information and data workflows for complex products across the full lifecycle.
• Strong expertise with industry‑standard PLM tools such as Dassault, Windchill or Teamcenter.
• Significant experience using and configuring CAD tools including Autodesk, Solid Works, Hexagon Smart 3D, Siemens FORAN or AVEVA Marine.
• Experience working with UK MOD frameworks (e.g., CADMID) including configuration management and digital engineering strategy.

• Degree in an engineering or technology discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional institution.
• No security or trade limitations.

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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 -  ().

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+.
• 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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.

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