WRB Infills, Demolition & Trials Implementation Engineer in Plymouth

Your Role

Applies Engineering concepts and theories to provide technical direction and leadership for the delivery of designs, calculations and technical solutions across a range of applications for Babcock products and services across the Engineering Product Lifecycle. Uses their experience to make decisions in complex situations. Able to work under own initiative to produce high quality outputs. Capable of managing others and or delivery of engineering and technical activities, through the application of process, domain knowledge and experience. Can apply a broad and or deep range of knowledge to complex situations whilst extending their business knowledge base in the subject area. Provides coaching, direction, assistance and mentoring to others.

The role

As a WRB Infills, Demolition & Trials Implementation Engineer you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play a key role in the delivery of major infrastructure and construction projects within one of the United Kingdom’s most important defence environments. Acting as the intelligent customer for complex construction activities, you'll help ensure the highest standards of engineering excellence, quality, safety, and compliance across critical civil and structural projects. This is an exciting opportunity to influence significant engineering decisions, work alongside industry-leading specialists, and contribute to programmes that support national security. You'll gain exposure to complex challenges, develop your technical expertise, and build a rewarding career within a global engineering organisation.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Providing engineering expertise across complex civil and structural construction packages.
• Reviewing and approving technical queries, engineering documentation, material approvals, and change requests.
• Liaising with designers, contractors, project teams, and site representatives to support successful project delivery.
• Identifying construction challenges, investigating root causes, and driving continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Conducting construction surveillance activities and reviewing temporary works, risk assessments, and method statements to ensure safety and compliance.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week, based at Devonport. Hybrid working patterns are available, with a minimum of two days per week onsite.

Essential experience

• Experience in the design and substantiation of heavy civil engineering and building structures.
• Knowledge of seismic design codes and their application to safety-critical infrastructure.
• Experience of construction techniques used for nuclear safety-related structures and buildings.
• Experience delivering major infrastructure projects within a regulated or nuclear licensed environment.
• Understanding of engineering management systems and construction governance processes.

Qualifications

• Level 6 qualification in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline, or Level 5 qualification with significant relevant experience.
• Professionally registered with a recognised engineering institution such as the Institution of Civil Engineers or Institution of Structural Engineers.
• Working towards Chartered Engineer status.

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 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.