Commissioning Engineer - Electrical

Job Title:              Commissioning Engineer - Electrical
Location:              Plymouth, Devon
Compensation:    £40,098 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF61727

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 Commissioning Engineer - Electrical at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Commissioning Engineer - Electrical, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you'll play a key role in supporting submarine programmes at HMNB Devonport, ensuring the Royal Navy has confidence in its national defence capabilities.

Day-to-day, you’ll carry out inspection, testing and commissioning of submarine systems. 

• Conduct thorough fault-finding diagnostics and implement effective corrective actions as required. This includes activities such as visual inspections, pressure testing, system flushing, operational checks on equipment and systems, electrical pre-operational checks, insulation resistance testing, and load testing.
• Design and execute safe isolation procedures to enable intrusive work on submarine systems, ensuring full compliance with DRDL’s Safe System of Work management protocols.
• Research, develop, and compile comprehensive technical documentation to support commissioning activities and associated deliverables.
• Operate within a safety-critical environment, adhering strictly to Health and Safety at Work regulations, and ensuring compliance with relevant engineering quality and nuclear standards. 
• Foster and sustain strong working relationships across internal teams and with key stakeholders, including the Royal Navy, Ministry of Defence, and subcontractors, to ensure seamless collaboration and project success.

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

Essential experience of the Commissioning Engineer - Electrical

• Extensive experience in an engineering role
• Experience of using technical system drawings and associated documentation.
• Good planning, organisation and time management skills.

Qualifications for the Commissioning Engineer - Electrical

• Completed a recognised Level 3 qualification/Engineering Apprenticeship
• Completed a recognised Level 4 qualification/Engineering Apprenticeship
• Degree in an Engineering discipline

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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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 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: 11/07/2025

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