Berthing Services Project Engineer

Job Title:                     Berthing Services Project Engineer

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:           £32,500 - £40,700 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF76309

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 Berting Services Project Engineer at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Berting Services Project Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in supporting vessel movements and essential marine services that underpin national defence capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing team responsible for coordinating critical berthing activities, managing operational priorities, and ensuring the availability of key infrastructure and assets. You'll work closely with a range of stakeholders, helping to deliver safe, efficient and effective operations while developing your project engineering and operational planning expertise in a unique and rewarding environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll be part of a highly respected operational team that supports the safe arrival, departure and servicing of vessels at Devonport Royal Dockyard. This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact on complex waterfront operations while building valuable experience in project engineering, planning, stakeholder management and continuous improvement.

• Managing end-to-end service requests relating to vessel movements, waste services and waterfront operations.
• Coordinating berthing schedules to ensure safe, efficient and timely execution of operational activities.
• Collaborating with operational teams and berthing officers to resolve issues and balance competing priorities.
• Monitoring and coordinating maintenance schedules for critical waterfront assets to maximise operational availability.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with contractual, legislative and regulatory requirements.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Berting Services Project Engineer

• Planning and scheduling experience within an operational, engineering or project environment.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Word.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proven problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to delivering solutions.

Qualifications for the Berting Services Project Engineer

Essential:

• Relevant engineering, project management or technical qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Maximo, Coupa, SAP and Waterfront Contract System software.
• Project management qualifications or professional memberships.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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:  07/10/2026

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