About the role

  • Deliver critical maintenance programmes for Astute Class submarines
  • Ensure that commissioning activities meet the highest standards of safety, quality, and engineering excellence
  • Act as the SME to provide support and guidance to the joint project teams to support the timely delivery of the programme
  • Coordinate and develop electrical commissioning requirements for Astute Class maintenance periods
  • Represent Babcock at meetings with the MoD and other authorities
  • Support risk management processes and maintain risk registers
  • Ensure all commissioning activities meet professional engineering standards and nuclear safety constraints.

Requirements

  • Extensive submarine commissioning experience across full maintenance projects
  • Strong knowledge of SSN submarine reactor, propulsion, and ship systems
  • Proven ability to work with submarine commissioning, production and project teams
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to adapt to changing environments and manage stakeholders effectively
  • HNC in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Nuclear Plant Foundation Course or equivalent (training will be provided if not held)
  • Nuclear Practitioner Course or equivalent (training will be provided if not held)
  • Dockyard Nuclear Systems Course or equivalent (training will be provided if not held)
  • Submarine Quality Assurance Course (training will be provided if not held)
  • Must be a sole UK national able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) / Atomic security clearance.

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 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.

Job title

Senior Commissioning Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£43,935 - £53,795 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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