Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Title:              Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location:              Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    £49,943.00 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF56859

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 Mechanical Engineer at our Babcock Technology Centre site.

The role
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you will be part of the core team delivering engineering analysis, technical investigations and design change support.

Day-to-day, your focus will be planning and executing tasks across a wide variety of submarine systems whilst leading specific areas of capability delivery, coaching and support junior staff and providing assurance to outputs produced in the team.

• Carry out engineering investigations and engineering analysis to produce technical solutions, associated specifications and technical reports
• Lead a defined area/service provision to include the identification of best practice, resolution of issues and continuous improvement
• Contribute to the assurance of technical information and documentation produced by other members of the team
• Provide support and advice on the resolution of technical issues and the direction of technical tasks as well as coach and mentor junior members of the team
• Manage customer key accounts to help develop work, understand issues and provide advice
• Support the identification of resource requirements and direct the services of other Senior Engineers, Engineers and Technical Assistants, as required, for the timely and successful execution of assigned tasks

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 Mechanical Engineer:

• Have previous submarine knowledge and experience working in the submarine enterprise.
• Mechanical engineering background, at a senior level.

Qualifications for the Senior Mechanical Engineer:

• Minimum of degree qualification (ideally masters) in a relevant engineering discipline or have relevant submarine domain engineering background.

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 
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• 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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. 
• Growth opportunities.
• Potential to develop skills.

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: 30/04/2024

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