Hybrid Senior Commissioning Engineer

at Babcock International Group

• Job title: Senior Commissioning Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: £43,935 - £53,795 per year
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Plymouth, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Commissioning Engineer responsible for commissioning activities for Astute Class submarines. Ensuring safety, quality, and engineering excellence while supporting naval operations.

Responsibilities

• 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.