Calibration Support Engineer in Plymouth

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £39,607 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Be the driving force behind the precision that powers world‑class engineering. 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 Calibration Support Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role involves ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the equipment that underpins our engineering and maintenance operations. Working as part of a dedicated calibration team, you’ll help manage the flow, status and quality of instruments critical to supporting defence programmes and essential national infrastructure. Day‑to‑day, you’ll build strong relationships with internal teams and customers, solve problems, and help continually improve how calibration services are delivered. You’ll gain valuable experience in technical assurance, logistics coordination and customer support, building a solid platform for long‑term career progression within engineering, quality or technical support functions.

• Managing the receipt, dispatch and logistics of instruments, including arranging collections and deliveries.
• Assisting customers with enquiries and technical questions, reviewing specifications to ensure accurate support.
• Updating and maintaining the equipment database with timely, accurate information.
• Conducting routine onsite audits to ensure correct status control and compliance with quality standards.
• Supporting the mechanical calibration team and helping to maintain smooth coordination between customers and laboratory operations.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential Experience Of The Calibration Support Engineer

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with confidence engaging customers and colleagues.
• A customer‑focused approach with excellent attention to detail and a methodical working style.
• Proficiency with IT systems, including Microsoft Office and digital workflow tools.
• A dependable, professional manner and the ability to deliver work consistently and accurately.

Qualifications For The Calibration Support Engineer

• Level 3 qualification and relevant engineering experience.
• Ideally, completion of a recognised apprenticeship in an associated discipline.

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.

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.
• ‘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.

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 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.

Closing date: 30/03/2026