At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex engineering projects that enhance national security and defence infrastructure.
- Company: Join Babcock, a leader in defence, aerospace, and engineering.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, pension scheme, health support, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Flexible working options and a commitment to inclusivity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on critical projects while advancing your engineering career.
- Qualifications: Degree in Mechanical Engineering and experience in mechanical systems design required.
The predicted salary is between 44600 - 55800 £ per year.
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £44,600 - £55,800 Depending on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Lead complex engineering projects that help protect the UK’s future. 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 Senior Mechanical Services Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
As a Senior Mechanical Services Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering complex multidisciplinary engineering solutions that support critical defence infrastructure and national security programmes. Working within a highly skilled engineering team, you’ll lead the design, development and delivery of mechanical systems and services across major projects, providing technical leadership from concept through to construction and handover.
Day‑to‑day, you’ll have a unique opportunity to influence high‑profile engineering programmes, collaborate with specialists across multiple disciplines, and develop your career within one of the UK's leading defence, aerospace and engineering organisations. Your work will directly contribute to the safe operation, maintenance and future readiness of strategic infrastructure while giving you the opportunity to expand your technical expertise and leadership capabilities.
- Leading the delivery of mechanical services and multidisciplinary design work packages to agreed safety, quality, schedule and cost requirements.
- Managing technical requirements, reviewing calculations, drawings, specifications and engineering deliverables to ensure fit‑for‑purpose solutions.
- Driving design reviews, risk assessments, constructability activities and engineering assurance processes.
- Coordinating with engineering, construction, commissioning, operations and supply chain stakeholders to achieve successful project delivery.
- Mentoring engineers and designers while providing technical leadership and guidance across project teams.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience
- Experience designing and implementing mechanical systems and services, particularly fluid systems, water systems, piping systems, pneumatic systems or hydraulic systems.
- Experience substantiating and managing complex engineering requirements within regulated industries.
- Experience supporting the construction, operation, maintenance, repair or refit of complex engineering facilities, ideally within defence, nuclear, marine or infrastructure environments.
- Strong technical design management experience across the full engineering design lifecycle.
Qualifications
- Degree, or equivalent qualification, in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Chartered Engineer status - Desirable
- Membership of a relevant professional engineering institution - Desirable
- Significant demonstrable engineering experience with the capability to register with the Engineering Council at Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer level - Desirable
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. 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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK.
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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit.
- ‘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.
Disability & Flexible Working
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.
