At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead safety and assurance strategies in the aviation sector for national security.
- Company: Join Babcock, a global leader in engineering and safety.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday, pension scheme, and health perks.
- Other info: Flexible working options and commitment to inclusivity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on public safety and aviation excellence.
- Qualifications: Extensive leadership experience in aviation safety and compliance required.
The predicted salary is between 49015 - 55000 £ per year.
Location: UK, Flexible + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Lead Aviation Safety. Shape Strategy. Make a National Impact.
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 Safety and Assurance Director at any of our Babcock hubs.
The role:
- Provide strategic leadership across safety, health, environmental protection, security, facilities management, risk management, compliance and assurance for our UK Aviation business.
- Influence business performance, strengthen governance, and help ensure the safe delivery of critical aviation services that support national security and public safety.
- Lead the strategic direction for safety, health, environmental protection, security, facilities management and assurance across UK Aviation.
- Drive the effectiveness and continuous improvement of integrated management systems and assurance frameworks.
- Provide independent oversight of compliance, governance, risk management and organisational performance.
- Lead and develop specialist teams responsible for safety, compliance, audit, assurance and related functions.
- Build trusted relationships with regulators, customers, employees and senior stakeholders to maintain confidence and operational excellence.
This is a full-time, permanent role working 37.5 hours per week and can be based at any of our Babcock Hubs, with regular travel required to UK Aviation sites. Hybrid working patterns are available.
Essential experience:
- Extensive senior leadership experience leading multidisciplinary teams across multiple sites within a complex, highly regulated aviation environment.
- Significant experience leading safety, health, environment, compliance or assurance functions.
- Strong knowledge of aviation safety management systems, governance, compliance monitoring and risk management principles.
- Experience operating as an Accountable Manager, Nominated Post Holder, senior military aviation leader, continuing airworthiness manager, maintenance manager or equivalent.
- Proven experience engaging with aviation regulators, customers and senior stakeholders.
Qualifications:
- Degree qualification in Aviation, Engineering, Safety Management, Environmental Management or a related discipline.
- Chartered membership or fellowship of a recognised professional body such as IOSH, IEMA, RAeS or equivalent.
- Airline Transport Pilot Licence, Commercial Pilot Licence, Part 66 Licence or an equivalent aviation qualification.
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
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 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 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: 13/08/2026
Safety & Assurance Director in Gloucester employer: Babcock International
Babcock International is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment at the Rosyth site in Scotland, where you can contribute to impactful construction and infrastructure projects. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, we provide ongoing training and development opportunities, alongside a collaborative culture that prioritises safety and compliance. Join us to be part of a team that values your contributions and supports your career advancement in the engineering field.
