Compliance Engineer

Job Title: Compliance Engineer

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £34, - £45, + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

Be the reason our fleet, assets and infrastructure stay safe, compliant and ready for mission‑critical operations

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 Compliance Engineer at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role

As a Compliance Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. you’ll play a vital role in maintaining the safety and assurance of high‑hazard operations across HMNB Clyde. This is an opportunity to apply your engineering knowledge in a dynamic defence environment - supporting activities that directly contribute to national security, engineering excellence and a safer world.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be:

This role is full time, 36 hours per week, Monday–Thursday, 07:15–16:45 and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential experience of the Compliance Engineer

Qualifications for the Compliance Engineer

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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 .

What we offer

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer.