Hybrid Assistant Chief Engineer

at Babcock International Group

• Job title: Assistant Chief Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: £70,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Plymouth, United Kingdom

About the role

• Assistant Chief Engineer at Babcock overseeing maintenance activities on Astute and Vanguard Class Royal Navy Submarines. Providing technical oversight and support to ensure design intent and functional requirements are met.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight and support to teams undertaking maintenance activities associated with platform systems on submarines
• Act on behalf of the Chief Engineer to provide technical oversight and support over the lifecycle of submarine projects
• Hold a level of technical delegation as part of a Platform Technical Authority, interfacing with Design Authorities
• Ensure design intent and functional requirements are met from work package creation through execution and acceptance
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and the SDA Waterfront, Design and Project teams
• Drive engineering improvements through participation in strategic working groups.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in Submarine Operations, Support or Maintenance
• Strong awareness of Mechanical and/or Electrical Systems
• Proven understanding of technical audits and processes
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to manage and mitigate technical risks effectively
• Degree level education in Engineering or equivalent relevant experience
• Chartered Engineer status or close to achieving this
• The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Benefits

• 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.