Engineering Design Manager

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Compensation: £59,110.00 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Engineering Design Manager at historic Devonport Royal Dockyard – home of the biggest naval base in Western Europe and a vital support for the Royal Navy for over 700 years.

As an Engineering Design Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join a dynamic, evolving business at Devonport, leading key engineering projects. Devonport Engineering acts as the Design Authority for nuclear and non-nuclear assets, offering technical expertise and delivering critical design and safety solutions to support operational teams.

What you’ll do:

• Scope and manage the technical delivery of projects throughout their lifecycle.
• Support the Engineering Management Group in developing and delivering complex design solutions for safety-critical facilities, meeting quality, time and budget requirements.
• Secure, organise, and lead internal and external resources as needed by the project.
• Ensure design outputs are fit for purpose and adhere to budgetary and schedule constraints.
• Develop and apply a structured, proportionate design process suited to both conventional and nuclear facility applications.

What you’ll need:

• Strong technical background with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced experience in engineering, construction, or infrastructure environments.
• Knowledge of the design lifecycle and a logical approach to problem-solving.
• Expertise in designing and substantiating solutions for safety-critical applications, preferably within a regulated industry.
• Hold a degree in a STEM subject or demonstrate equivalent experience.
• Registered as a Chartered/Incorporated Engineer or actively working towards registration, with membership in a relevant professional institution.
• A drive to own and shape your career development journey.

Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we offer:

• 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.
• ‘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 has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world for over a century. 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.