Entry Level Mechanical Engineer

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Launch your engineering career where innovation meets national defence. At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Entry Level Mechanical Engineer at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role

As an Entry Level Mechanical Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will have the opportunity to grow and develop within a supportive team working in the submarine defence market. Day-to-day, the Entry Level Mechanical Engineer will work within a supportive team environment, where you will use your skills and enthusiasm to develop, integrate and test mission critical systems, at the cutting edge of the domain.

• Ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities.
• Provide a technical interface with internal and external stakeholders at a detailed level.
• Carry out technical investigations and analysis to provide data for problem assessment/resolution and for design of improvements.
• Produce, review, verify outputs including calculations, analyses, technical reports, technical specifications and method statements.
• Make engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility and delegated authority.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

Essential Experience

• Mechanical design experience.
• An analytical mind set and creative approach to problems.
• The capability to understand and trade-off the various different aspects of a technical challenge.

Qualifications

• A relevant engineering degree or HND/HNC.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) 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 is a benefit that allows the majority of 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.
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• A dynamic working environment.

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 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.

Closing date: 21/05/2026