Senior Digital Engineer

Lead digital innovation that powers the UK's most critical infrastructure. 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 Digital Engineer - BIM at our Babcock Technology Centre or Birchwood, Warrington sites.

The role involves shaping the future of digital delivery across high profile defence and nuclear engineering programmes. Day-to-day, you'll have the opportunity to influence national infrastructure by guiding how vital information, models and data are created, shared and governed. Your work will help ensure our engineering teams deliver safely, efficiently and to the highest digital standards, while developing your own expertise in a field that continues to grow rapidly across the defence, aerospace and engineering sectors.

• Lead the development, implementation and improvement of BIM and digital engineering processes.
• Review and interpret client digital and BIM requirements, contributing to high quality contract documentation.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams on digital standards, naming conventions and information workflows.
• Conduct model audits, clash detection and design coordination activities with internal and external stakeholders.
• Produce and maintain guidance documentation, templates and digital standards to support consistent project delivery.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 2 days in the office/onsite.

Essential experience:

• Strong working knowledge of ISO 19650 and digital information management processes.
• Experience developing BIM Execution Plans and information delivery plans (MIDP/TIDP).
• Skilled in digital workflows such as clash detection, design coordination and data reviews (e.g., COBie, IFC).
• Knowledge of common data environments (CDEs); Asite experience desirable.
• Experience working in highly regulated environments (nuclear or defence preferred), with the ability to influence stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Additional digital engineering, BIM or information management training or certification - Desirable.

We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance: 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.

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 share scheme
• 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock is 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 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: 31/03/2026