Fluid Analyst

Job Title:                     Fluid Analyst

Location:                     Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:            Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF65816

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 Fluid Analyst at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role

An exciting opportunity for a talented, enthusiastic, and motivated Fluid Analyst is available within our Mission Systems business unit. The role would see you joining the Analysis, Modelling & Simulation Team.

Day-to-day, you’ll work within the Analysis, Modelling & Simulation Team, to provide specialist analysis across Mission Systems and the wider Babcock Group. This includes the provision of customer facing qualification evidence for both mechanical and fluid systems on the boat and ship platforms.

• Supporting the delivery of fluid analysis to budget and timescale.
• Origination of fluid analysis documents produced by the team.
• Contributing towards the development of fluid analysis methodology to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Supporting the development of fluid methods to ensure the Analysis, Modelling & Simulation Team are using the latest techniques and can address customer requirements, e.g., compressible or multiphase CFD analyses.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Fluid Analyst

• Experience in fluid analysis in a high integrity environment, e.g., nuclear, defence preferable but not essential.
• Understanding of first principle fluid dynamics.
• Experience using Computational Fluid Dynamics (Babcock use Fluent and CFX), 1D modelling (Babcock use Python, Matlab and AMESim).
• Experience / awareness of transient 2D and 3D analysis.

Qualifications for the Fluid Analyst

• Mechanical Degree, or HND or HNC in an Engineering Discipline with demonstrable experience and capability.
• Registered with a relevant Engineering Institution and working towards Professional Registration desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate must obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance once in post.

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

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: 28/07/2025

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