Mechanical Engineer

Job Title:              Mechanical Engineer
Location:              Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF60830

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 Mechanical Engineer at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role
As a Mechanical Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is a progressive opportunity to work within a supportive team environment, where you will utilise your skills and enthusiasm to develop, integrate and test mission critical systems, at the cutting edge of their domain. 

Day-to-day, you’ll be deployed direct to role and will use your on-the-job experiences and training to make a real difference for our customers.

• Ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities.
• Provide a technical interface with internal and external stakeholders at a detailed level.
• Carry out technical investigations and analysis to provide data for problem assessment/resolution and for design of improvements.
• Produce, review, verify outputs including calculations, analyses, technical reports, technical specifications and method statements.
• Make engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility and delegated authority.

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

Essential Experience of the Mechanical Engineer

• Experienced in Computer Aided Design.
• A good communicator who enjoys collaboration with others.
• Experience in working collaboratively in multi-discipline teams to deliver activities on a range of project types.

Qualifications for the Mechanical Engineer

• Mechanical Engineering Degree, or HND or HNC in Mechanical Engineering Discipline with demonstrable experience and capability of working in an engineering role.

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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• Potential to develop skills
• Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer
• A relocation package for those outside of the region
   

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: 24/12/2024

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