Senior Supportability Engineer

Job Title:              Senior Supportability Engineer
Location:              Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    £51,941.00 - £58,105.00 dependent upon experience + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF62349

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 Supportability Engineer at Barrow-in-Furness site.

The role
As a Senior Supportability Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll join a team working on one of the most complex support arrangements in operation in the UK today. You will manage this by ensuring that you know what is fitted to every Royal Navy submarine, where it is fitted, who supplies it and how it is fitted.

Day-to-day, you’ll manage a team of Supportability Engineers whilst applying engineering domain knowledge in support of Future Submarine Programmes (FSM) for the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Function within Submarine Support Engineering (SSE).

• Leading a team of Supportability Engineers
• Working with the Principal Supportability Engineer to escalate, manage and mitigate technical risks
• Being involved in one of the three parts of the programme; influencing design of the submarine, developing an in-service support solution and ensuring the submarine can be maintained within safe operating limits.
• Authoring and technical review of engineering documentation 
• Acting as an interface in the Barrow-in-Furness office between Babcock and our industrial partners.

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

Essential experience of the Senior Supportability Engineer

• Project management experience or qualifications would be advantageous as the role requires the delivery of documentation to time and budget.
• Experience operating within the Defence sector or equivalent large-scale sector
• Experience and understanding of Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) and its application and benefits to the products / programmes it is applied.
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision but the confidence to seek guidance where required to ensure the optimal output.
• Ability to identify areas for improvement and future development opportunities.
• Experience working with complex data and an evolving set of requirements and the ability to produce and enact credible solutions. 

Qualifications for the Senior Supportability Engineer 

• Degree Level qualification in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics discipline however we will consider applicants that can demonstrate relevant vocational experience if this isn’t held.
• Hold, or be willing to proactively work towards, professional recognition as an Incorporated / Chartered Engineer with an appropriate Engineering Institution. 

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 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: 12/03/2025

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