Change and Communication Lead - Digital Engineering

Job Title:                     Change and Communication Lead

Location:                     UK, Hybrid

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF71735

Lead the people transformation behind Babcock’s global digital engineering future

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Change and Communication Lead. This is a global role and can be based at any of our main UK locations, near your nearest commutable town, county.

The role

As Change and Communication Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving the people, behavioural and cultural aspects of Babcock’s global Digital Engineering transformation. This is an exciting opportunity to shape how thousands of specialists across engineering, operations and corporate functions adopt new digital tools, processes and ways of working that strengthen national security, modernise engineering capability and improve efficiency across the organisation.

This role will lead the people side of digital engineering transformation to ensure that engineers and specialists across the business understand, engage with, and adopt new digital ways of working.

Day-to-day, you’ll work at the heart of a major enterprise‑wide programme, shaping behaviours and ensuring teams navigate change confidently while fostering a positive, engaging and informed transformation experience.  

• Develop and deliver clear, compelling communication strategies that engage diverse audiences across regions and business units.
• Lead the people‑centred aspects of digital transformation, ensuring readiness, adoption and long‑term sustainment.
• Anticipate and respond constructively to resistance, helping teams adapt confidently to new ways of working.
• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, project teams and frontline users to promote change alignment and collaboration.
• Shape and refine change approaches using feedback, behavioural insight and organisational maturity.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Change and Communication Lead

• Extensive experience delivering change management in large‑scale technology or engineering programmes.
• Proven background supporting enterprise or global transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of engineering or technically‑led organisational environments.
• Demonstrated experience creating structured change management and communication plans.

Qualifications for the Change and Communication Lead

Essential:

• Degree in Business, Communications, Psychology, Engineering or a related field.

Desirable:

• Prosci, ADKAR or equivalent change management certification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.  Must be British Nationals

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 – buy or sell up to one working week of annual leave
• ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid volunteering day each year
• Flexible working options to support work–life balance
• A dynamic working environment with excellent career growth opportunities

Babcock

We’re Babcock a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 03/02/2026