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Location:

Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Shape the future of nuclear engineering

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as aPlant EngineeratDevonport, nearPlymouth, Devon.

The role

As a Plant Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be part of the Plant Management Group, a team dedicated to ensuring that work across our nuclear facilities is carried out safely, compliantly, and with precision. You’ll help manage nuclear-implicated equipment and services within the Vanguard-class submarine docking facility, supporting the UK’s defence capability and contributing to national security.

Day-to-day, you’ll support the facility and ensure the design intent is met as well as:

• Authoring nuclear safety documentation for facility plant and assets.
• Managing implementation of activities and advising on nuclear safety requirements.
• Investigating and implementing improvements to nuclear facilities and assets.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3-4 days in the office/onsite and 1-2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Plant Engineer

• Experience with engineering operations and modifications.
• Knowledge of working practices within a high-hazard industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Experience in scientific or engineering report writing.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Qualifications for the Plant Engineer

• Level 4 STEM qualification with relevant experience (essential).
• Additional qualifications in nuclear safety or engineering (advantageous).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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.

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