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Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66541
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
Job Title: Safety Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66541
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 Safety Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Safety Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Drive vital engineering projects at Devonport Dockyard—maintaining nuclear facilities and shaping new infrastructure to support the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet and national defence.
Day to day, you’ll be responsible for providing Babcock’s operations with specialist knowledge and support relating to nuclear and radiological safety.
- Lead safety projects aligned with strategic objectives and regulatory frameworks
- Support the development, delivery, and modification of nuclear safety cases
- Design and implement robust nuclear safety processes, procedures, and standards
- Offer expert technical guidance on nuclear safety assessments and policy compliance
Essential Experience Of The Safety Engineer
- Proven technical safety background within highly regulated industries such as nuclear, oil and gas, rail, or aviation
- Solid understanding of safety policies, frameworks, and assessment methodologies
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership capabilities, with a collaborative mindset
- Demonstrated strength in stakeholder engagement and relationship management
- Educated to Degree level in an Engineering or Scientific discipline and have relevant experience.
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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
What We Offer
- 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 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.
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: 22/08/2025
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