Project Engineer in Kirkcaldy

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the future of marine engineering and global energy systems. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Engineer at our Rosyth site, near Dunfermline, Fife. This is your opportunity to contribute to cutting‑edge projects in marine and offshore engineering, helping reduce the environmental impact of liquefied gas transportation while supporting vital global energy infrastructure.

The role:

• As a Project Engineer, you’ll play a key role in delivering complex, large‑scale engineering projects across the marine, offshore, and liquefied gas sectors.
• You’ll work at the heart of multidisciplinary teams, ensuring technical excellence and effective coordination from concept through to delivery.
• This role offers a dynamic environment where you’ll develop your technical and project management capabilities, gain exposure to international stakeholders, and contribute to innovative engineering solutions that make a real‑world impact.

Day‑to‑day responsibilities:

• Leading and coordinating project engineering activities across multidisciplinary teams.
• Managing project scope, schedules, documentation and progress reporting to ensure successful delivery.
• Preparing technical specifications and engaging with suppliers, including resolving technical and supply chain issues.
• Supporting project governance by applying risk management and compliance processes.
• Building strong relationships with internal teams, clients, suppliers and regulatory bodies to drive project success.

This is a full‑time role, 37.5 hours per week, based at Rosyth with hybrid working patterns available. Travel to other Babcock and customer sites, including international locations, will be expected.

Essential experience of the Project Engineer:

• Demonstrated experience supporting engineering projects including planning, scheduling and reporting.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and managing technical interfaces.
• Proven ability to prepare and manage technical documentation, specifications and drawings.
• Experience applying project management and risk processes in an engineering environment.
• Strong organisational and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Qualifications for the Project Engineer:

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience within an industrial, marine, offshore or process engineering environment is desirable.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain BPSS 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 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 their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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.