Senior Plant Engineer

Senior Plant Engineer Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid 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 Senior Plant Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site. The role As a Senior Plant Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role allows Babcock to support the Ministry of Defence Nuclear Submarine provision by ensuring there are safe and compliant facilities in which to undertake maintenance and upkeep activities. Day-to-day, you’ll be key in supporting the nuclear and radiological safety of operations around the facilities and will interface with the production, design and technical teams to support implementation of engineering, process controls and safety cases. Leading part of the team who are responsible for implementing the nuclear safety case requirements to operate the nuclear dock and/or associated facilities. You'll be part of enabling the successful and safe delivery of work packages on site, ensuring that all necessary controls are in place upon release of nuclear safety significant evolutions, such as docking a submarine. You'll be part of the team who are responsible for oversight and management of control of work, site operations, plant maintenance and routine facility demands. You'll have the opportunity to support projects designing and installing new engineering and infrastructure, essential in supporting future nuclear facilities’ capabilities. You'll be actively liaising with operational teams and undertake health and safety walk downs, as well as dealing with defects with the facility or supporting equipment. This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home. Essential experience of the Senior Plant Engineer Ideally will have experience within high-hazardous industries (ideally Nuclear facility industry, RAD-Waste, hazardous waste etc. but oil and gas or other hazardous experience will be considered). Experience of managing work in high hazard industries, change management and problem solving skills. Experience in team and/or stakeholder management, including direct reports and graduate engineers. Experience of implementing risk assessments or safety cases. Qualifications for the Senior Plant Engineer Level 5 qualifications (HNC/HND) or other higher-level learning, plus experience. Level 6 STEM degree preferred but not essential. Security Clearance The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) security clearance for this role. What We Offer 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 the majority of 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. Babcock International For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. Closing Date: 10/01/2025

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