Submarine Repair Specialist in Plymouth

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

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 Submarine Repair Specialist at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role:

• As a Submarine Repair Specialist, you’ll take on a unique and influential role supporting the development and assurance of facilities used to maintain the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet.
• Working within the User Acceptance Group, you’ll ensure that facility designs, safety cases and operational processes meet the needs of end users and comply with strict regulatory and engineering standards.
• Day-to-day, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your specialist knowledge of submarine maintenance and nuclear facility operations to major infrastructure programmes.
• Your expertise will directly influence future capability, support critical defence projects while strengthening your career within a highly specialist engineering environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting the delivery of User Acceptance Group activities to ensure facility designs meet operational requirements.
• Advising on submarine maintenance and facility design to support engineering, safety and project teams.
• Reviewing design documentation and participating in design reviews to ensure compliance with user needs.
• Contributing to the development and management of functional requirements for new and existing facilities.
• Providing specialist input into submarine upkeep, operations, and future infrastructure developments.

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:

• Extensive experience in nuclear submarine operations, maintenance, or nuclear facility environments.
• Strong understanding of submarine upkeep activities and engineering processes.
• Experience contributing to facility design, commissioning, or infrastructure projects.
• Ability to interpret technical documentation and provide expert advice to engineering stakeholders.
• Experience working within highly regulated or safety‑critical environments.

Qualifications:

• Engineering degree (desirable).
• Chartered Engineer status (desirable).
• Equivalent qualifications or experience will be considered where relevant expertise is demonstrated.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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:

• 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 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 a chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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.