Hybrid Senior Engineering Manager

at Babcock International Group

• Job title: Senior Engineering Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bristol, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Engineering Manager overseeing complex naval ship projects as part of a global defence organisation. Leading teams in delivering technical scopes safely and effectively during a secondment in Indonesia.

Responsibilities

• Influence programmes essential to national and international defence while developing advanced leadership, stakeholder management and technical skills.
• Undertake a six‑month secondment to Surabaya, Indonesia, becoming the focal point for planning, coordinating and overseeing complex multi‑discipline naval ship projects.
• Lead multi‑discipline engineering teams to deliver complex technical scopes safely and effectively.
• Manage customer relationships to ensure timely and efficient delivery of project outputs.
• Approve key technical documentation throughout the engineering design lifecycle.
• Manage resource planning across recruitment, development and allocation to meet project requirements.
• Ensure project and technical audits are completed and drive continuous improvement, with mission system integration on naval platforms considered desirable.

Requirements

• Engineering lead experience overseeing complex, multi‑discipline tasks and projects.
• Strong knowledge of naval ship design and integration.
• Experience driving cultural development and positive change within engineering teams.
• Proven stakeholder management capabilities across internal and external customers.
• Broad engineering background across design, analysis, specification, safety support, installation and commissioning.
• Engineering or science degree in a relevant discipline with significant demonstrable experience.
• Chartered Engineer and member of a relevant professional institution.
• The successful candidate must be 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 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