Health Physics Compliance Officer in Plymouth

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Compensation: £28,300 - £35,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73557

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 Health Physics Compliance Officer at our Plymouth, Devon site.

The role

As a Health Physics Compliance Officer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring radiological safety across nuclear‑powered submarine operations and associated facilities. You’ll support the safe delivery of submarines by providing oversight, reporting, and coordination that keeps teams compliant with strict regulatory standards. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team within the submarine enterprise, where your work directly contributes to safety, operational excellence and national defence. You’ll also gain valuable experience in a highly regulated environment, supporting your career growth in nuclear safety, compliance and project coordination.

Day‑to‑day responsibilities:

• Produce accurate data, reports and dashboards to demonstrate compliance with licensing and authorised conditions
• Extract, collate and analyse project data to support governance, planning and leadership reporting
• Support team and project activities, including resource planning, risk tracking and issue management
• Liaise with stakeholders across site to provide updates and ensure alignment on safety and compliance matters
• Maintain high standards of data integrity and administrative control across health physics operations

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role. This is a full‑time role working 35 hours per week, based at Devonport with flexible working arrangements available. Travel to other Babcock and customer sites will be expected.

Essential experience:

• Experience in data management, reporting and analysis
• Strong administrative and coordination skills within a professional environment
• Proficiency in standard computer applications and systems
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks and processes
• Experience within regulated or safety‑critical environments (nuclear experience is advantageous)

Qualifications:

• NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration (or working towards)
• Experience within a Project Management Environment

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC)/Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI)/Confidential Atomic 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 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 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.