Change Delivery Engineer in Helensburgh

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £34,900 – £47,500 + Benefits + Overtime

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the future of submarine engineering and deliver change where it matters most. 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 Change Delivery Engineer at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role:

• Provide engineering support to resolve technical and resourcing issues during project delivery.
• Lead and coordinate installation activities, ensuring all pre‑installation requirements are in place.
• Monitor progress, track costs and hours, and report on project performance.
• Conduct quality inspections and ensure compliance with safety and contractor control policies.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and implementing best practices.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.

Essential experience:

• Experience in a highly regulated environment such as mechanical, marine, or nuclear engineering.
• Familiarity with maintenance planning and project delivery processes.
• Knowledge of ship systems maintenance and installation procedures.

Qualifications:

• Ideally, you’ll hold an HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline, but equivalent experience is just as valuable.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be 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:

• 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 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.

Closing date: 20/02/2026