Undergraduate Placement Year

Programme title: Undergraduate Placement Year
Location: Bristol
Closing date: 17 December 2024  

Start date: Autumn 2025
Role ID: SF59417

What you’ll be doing 

You will be based in a UK-wide team of engineers and subject matter experts, working to support the Royal Navy by keeping submarines safe and available.

 
Located in our Bristol office you will collaborate with peers across several Babcock bases (including Devonport in Plymouth, HM Naval Base Clyde, and Leicester), and engage with personnel from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Royal Navy to make a real difference and contribute towards supporting the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet. You’ll also get to experience working with a variety of internal Babcock teams, including engineering and project management.

What you’ll get out of it 

You’ll spend your placement year getting hands-on with some of the world’s most advanced naval technology. You’ll have a variety of different opportunities, working as part of technical departments, project management, or production teams.

What you’ll need 

•    Studying a STEM degree.
•    Many of our early careers roles are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold or have held may impact which roles you are eligible for. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).. For our early careers roles, you must be able to achieve BPSS and many of them require you to be eligible for Security Clearance.

Closing dates  

Please be aware that if there is a high level of interest in this programme, applications may close earlier than advertised. To give yourself the best chance of being considered for a place on this programme, please submit your application as early as possible.

Making your application
We offer a diverse range of early careers programmes. Please explore your options and select the programme that best aligns with your passions and interests. Choose carefully, as only one application can be reviewed per cycle. If you submit multiple applications, only the first one received will be considered. If the programme you apply for is oversubscribed, we’ll transfer your application to another programme you are eligible for and interested in.