Electrical Engineering Manager

Job Title:              Electrical Engineering Manager
Location:              Bristol, Ashchurch or Plmouth + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:            Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                 SF60795

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Engineering Manager at our Bristol site.

The role

As a Electrical Engineering Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Playing an integral part of the Engineering Discipline, reporting directly to the Head of Engineering for UK Mission Systems. 

Day-to-day, you’ll responsible for providing motivated, talented, and happy engineers to our project teams, at the right time and the right cost, now and into the future.

• Accountable for the size and shape of the discipline (including Strategic Workforce Plan) to meet the demand, reduce programmatic risk, and support delivery.
• Delivery of engineering resource to time, cost and quality that meets programme requirements.
• Accountable for the recruitment, performance, training, retention, engagement, and wellbeing of engineers to meet the demand.
• Accountable for discipline processes and standards, specifically in environment, safety, health, security, and quality to support delivery.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and can be delivered from our Bristol, Plymouth or Ashchurch offices alongside home working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Electrical Engineering Manager:

• Previously held a people management role in a complex or large organisation or has operated in a role that included accountability for the optimisation of the people resource within an organisation
• Proven track record of driving delivery, performance, and continuous improvement
• Management of engineering / technical programmes, projects, and activities.
• Leading transformation and change.

Qualifications for the Electrical Engineering Manager:

•    Ideally Degree educated within an electrical discipline or qualified by experience.

Security Clearance
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 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: 10/01/2025

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