Configuration Engineer

Job Title:              Configuration Engineer
Location:              Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    £38,085 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF63880

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 Configuration Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Configuration Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join our team and contribute to the vital task of maintaining Configuration Management for our facilities and assets. Be part of a collaborative environment with strong team dynamics and excellent opportunities for career growth and progression. 

Day-to-day, you’ll ensure effective Configuration Management for facilities and assets by overseeing document control, facilitating management activities, and administering essential tools to support these processes.  

• Support the maintenance of the Devonport Royal Dockyard Codes and Standards Library.
• Facilitate the Design Review process to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Assist with Configuration Status Accounting, including Master Record Index (MRI) checks and audits.
• Conduct quality checks on design and safety documentation and metadata.
• Maintain and update relevant Business Management System (BMS) processes, resolving configuration issues and queries.

This role is full time 35, hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Configuration Engineer

• Knowledge of industry Codes and Standards.
• Document management experience in a regulated environment.
• Strong communication, organisational, and prioritisation skills with a flexible, proactive approach.
• Proficient in Autodesk Vault, Microsoft Office, and SharePoint.
• Strong understanding of relational database methodology.

Qualifications for the Configuration Engineer

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent 
• GCSE Grade C or equivalent in Maths and English

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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: 22/05/2025

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