Engineering Director

Job Title:              Engineering Director
Location:              Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF63009

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 Director. 

The role
As an Engineering Director, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Director to lead the Engineering discipline in the UK Land Sector, delivering engineering in support of a wide range of Land programmes including protected vehicle modifications and through-life support.   

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for the engineering team delivering critical capabilities to our customers. You will shape technology development that leads to profitable future growth for the business while contributing to the leadership of the Land Sector as part of the Land Senior Leadership Team.

In this role you’ll be accountable for the technical construct of Land Sector products and services, spanning an exciting range of markets and capabilities that include special purpose vehicles for security and military markets, equipment support, mission-critical training, rail systems and aviation related service delivery.

• Leadership and Strategy - Own overall responsibility for designing, developing, and delivering UK Land engineering strategy and outcomes in support of the global engineering and Technology strategy and the Land business strategy.
• Technical Delivery – Through independent technical oversight and through the provision of Suitably Qualified and Experience Person (SQEP) technical teams, support the delivery leads in enabling them to deliver high integrity products and services to customers and maximising shareholder value.  
• Budgeting and Business Planning – Ensure the discipline has stretching and deliverable budgets that will equip the development of staff and tools (both short term and long term), whilst maintaining rates at a competitive level.
• Organisational Capability Building and Transformation – Identify the technical capabilities needed to meet the current and emerging business needs; identify gaps and prioritise development and transformation activities.  
• Technical Governance – Own overall responsibility for Technical Governance for the UK Land Sector, ensuring assurance of key projects and bids to appropriately manage risk, interfacing with the Group Engineering & Technology Function to ensure appropriate levels of independence are applied. Ensure deliverability of all key projects and bids from a technical perspective, including resourcing, capability, transformation and facilities.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel across a range of Land sites on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Engineering Director:

• Significant relevant experience and subject matter expertise within a large, complex, global organisation
• A strong track record of technical leadership in complex organisations, and evidence of the ability to operate as a key part of a strategic leadership team
• A strategic thinker, with the ability to see ahead to future possibilities
• The ability to work effectively and collaboratively with senior stakeholders, across borders
• The ability to lead diverse functional teams, demonstrating strong operational and line management capability and the ability to motivate and develop high performing teams

Qualifications for the Engineering Director

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

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: 19/03/2025