Facility Owner in Kirkcaldy

Location: Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Own a nationally critical capability. Shape the future of defence, nuclear and engineering. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Facility Owner at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife. Babcock is a trusted partner to the UK and its allies, delivering essential services across defence, aerospace and engineering. Our work protects people, assets and infrastructure — and gives our people the opportunity to build careers with purpose, impact and progression.

The role

As a Facility Owner, you’ll play a pivotal role in maintaining the readiness and long‑term operability of a nationally important nuclear capability. This is a senior, influential role where engineering leadership, operational insight and strategic decision‑making come together. You’ll take ownership of facility and capability readiness, supporting initial and full operating conditions, and ensuring safe, effective operation within a highly regulated environment. Working closely with engineering, design, defence and government stakeholders, you’ll help shape solutions that stand the test of time — while developing your own career at the forefront of complex nuclear infrastructure.

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

• Providing operational ownership of facility and capability readiness through initial and full operating conditions
• Working collaboratively with design and engineering teams to ensure solutions are practical, safe and sustainable across the lifecycle
• Overseeing compliance with nuclear safety, licensing and regulatory requirements
• Leading and influencing multidisciplinary teams through change and organisational development
• Engaging stakeholders across defence, government and engineering partners to align outcomes and expectations

This role is Full time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday and based onsite at Rosyth. Hybrid working patterns are available.

Essential experience of the Facility Owner:

• Proven experience overseeing nuclear operations in a highly regulated environment
• Strong understanding of nuclear safety, licensing and regulatory engagement
• Demonstrated leadership across engineering, design and organisational change
• Experience managing and influencing multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent stakeholder management skills within defence, government or nuclear sectors

Qualifications for the Facility Owner:

• Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional status
• Engineering degree or equivalent technical qualification

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. 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:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to 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

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 have, 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.