Overview

Job Title: Senior Design Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £51,941 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF67922

Design the Future of Defence Engineering. 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 Design Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Senior Design Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be a key part of our Facilities Engineering Technical Authority, delivering complex design solutions. You’ll work on the design and substantiation of heavy civil engineering and building services, supporting the Royal Navy’s submarine maintenance programme. Day-to-day, you’ll drive innovation and strategic alignment across infrastructure projects by influencing design, compliance, and team capability.

• Deliver engineering solutions for complex infrastructure projects
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and standards
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and review design documentation
• Support the development of engineering strategies and plans

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential Experience Of The Senior Design Engineer

• Proven experience in civil or structural engineering design
• Strong understanding of engineering principles and standards
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry
• Ability to lead and mentor engineering teams
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Qualifications For The Senior Design Engineer

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards it

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

• 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.

About Babcock

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

Closing date: 22/10/2025

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