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Engineer

Employer
Babcock
Location
Bristol, Bristol, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
15 Nov 2019

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Clearance Level
SC, None / Undisclosed
Sector
Defence, Engineering
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

Senior Engineer (28145)

Location
Bristol & Bath Area

Benefits
Up to £47,350 depending on experience + Pension & Benefits

About the Role
The role will place you in a new team, situated within Engineering Services, a Centre of Excellence for engineering capability and professional development. As the primary engineering function in Naval Marine, Engineering Services provides technical outputs and solutions to enable submarine and warship availability and fit for purpose infrastructure; supporting our programmes while understanding and proactively managing platform safety.

Professional engineering capability is also deployed to major acquisitions and strategic programmes, such as Future Platforms and Global Reach Platform Management, to secure future services and enable Naval Marine growth.
The Platform Engineering Team provides in-service support to the Royal Navy's fleet of Submarines. The role is part of a multi-disciplinary team that will manage or support projects and activities across the Platform Engineering Team.

What do I need to do the role
You'll need to be personable, professional, and driven with the ability to engage people at all levels. Working with a high level of developed knowledge; the role is accountable for design, development, and determining solutions to problems and issues.

You will be experienced in:
• Carrying out technical investigations and analysis to provide data for problem assessment or resolution and for design of improvements.
• Production, review and approval of calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design basis documentation and technical reports as assigned.
• Evaluating technical issues in order to develop proposals for investigations and/or solutions, including process improvements.
• Acting as Technical Authority or Engineering Lead and make engineering decisions within delegated authority.
• Providing help and direction to team members with reference to your submarine experience.

You will:
• Have membership of an accredited body such as IMechE or IET
• Have naval experience operating on a submarine.
• Have qualifications of HNC level or above in a discipline such as Mechanical, Electrical or Systems Engineering

Desired:
• Previously qualified as a submarine Marine Engineering Department Category B or Category A watchkeeper.

About Babcock International
For more than a century, Babcock has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure and specialist training.

We're committed to providing a great employee experience in a supportive and engaging environment. The benefits you can expect to enjoy include a generous holiday entitlement, competitive money purchase pension scheme with life assurance and a share ownership scheme. You'll benefit from excellent career, learning and development opportunities to ensure that you grow and achieve your full potential.

Application Guidance
All applications should be made online. Please use a desktop PC or laptop to create your account and apply for a job. Once you've completed this you'll be able to apply to jobs from mobile devices.

If you experience difficulties please visit our website. Recruitment correspondence is normally by email so please check your email account and spam folder regularly.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture and strives to attract talent who thrive in an inclusive and flexible working environment.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and we will respond in a way that best fits your specific needs.

Armed Forces Covenant
We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the value that Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reserves, Veterans, Uniformed Cadet Instructors, and Service Families contribute to our business and the United Kingdom. As part of the Covenant, Babcock offers Reservists and Uniformed Cadet Instructors up to 2 week's special paid leave to help them meet their commitments. To find out more please visit our website.

Company

For more than a century, Babcock has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering support.

Underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, infrastructure management, and specialist training, we help customers around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the key market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear.

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