Site Investigator in Plymouth

Help shape a safer future through investigation, learning and continuous improvement. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Site Investigator at our Devonport Royal Dockyard.

The role involves maintaining and enhancing safety, compliance and operational excellence across one of the UK's most important defence and nuclear engineering environments. Working within the Safety & Assurance function and the Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Investigation Team, you'll lead investigations into significant operational events, helping identify lessons, improve performance and prevent future incidents. This is a unique opportunity to influence safety culture, drive organisational learning and contribute to the continued safe operation of critical national infrastructure.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Leading and supporting investigations into events of varying complexity and severity across the Devonport site.
• Producing high-quality investigation reports that identify causal factors, organisational vulnerabilities and improvement opportunities.
• Providing expert guidance, coaching and mentoring to investigators and stakeholders across the business.
• Supporting investigation governance, assurance activities and regulatory engagement to ensure compliance with relevant standards.
• Promoting organisational learning by sharing lessons identified and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

This role is full-time, 35 hours per week and based onsite at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience includes:

• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation, nuclear site licence conditions, nuclear safety cases and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Proven experience leading independent investigations and producing robust, evidence-based reports.
• Experience applying Human Organisational Performance and human performance principles to identify learning and improvement opportunities.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and mentoring skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge constructively.

Qualifications for the Site Investigator:

• Essential: TOPSET Senior Investigator qualification, TOPSET Licensed Tutor qualification, NEBOSH General Certificate, Training in Human Organisational Performance Principles and Human Factors Fundamentals, Submarine Product Safety Awareness training.
• Advantageous: Experience using investigation and safety management systems, including SharePoint and Synergi Life.

Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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 shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-day special paid leave
• Holiday Trading 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 to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

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 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: 20/07/2026