Design Engineer - Mechanical Handling

Job Title:              Design Engineer - Mechanical Handling
Location:              Plymouth, Devon 
Compensation:    £42,245 - £47,215 dependent upon experience + Benefits 

Role Type:            Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                SF58880

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 Design Engineer - Mechanical Handling at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Design Engineer - Mechanical Handling, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you will be key in providing professional technical assistance and advice to support ongoing operational availability and maintenance.

Day to day, you’ll be supporting the Facility Design Authorities with the development of new designs and facility modifications. This will involve a variety of engineering equipment within the facility with an emphasis on mechanical / fuel handling assets.  

• Maintaining the content and configuration of the reference design documentation of extant assets through-life.
• Management of the design development through the whole design lifecycle (requirements development, drawings, calculations, specifications, and reports) for both new and modified equipment.
• Specifying replacement equipment/components and supporting the production of configuration documentation for permanent modifications.
• Support to implementation of new designs (Factory Acceptance Testing, supporting commissioning activities).
• Supporting asset conditions surveys and producing condition reports / fault-finding on existing assets.
• Periodic reviews of maintenance regimes and activities.

This role is full time, 35 hours and is based onsite at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Design Engineer - Mechanical Handling:

• Significant experience in the design process and the design / substantiation of engineering systems.
• Experience of operating within nuclear or other high-hazard environments.
• Experience of producing a range of engineering documentation; reports, specifications, calculations.
• Experience of cranes/lifting equipment and crane operations or knowledge and experience of other electro-mechanical/hydraulic systems.

Qualifications for the Design Engineer - Mechanical Handling:

• Qualified to HND level in a mechanical engineering discipline.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• Potential to develop skills.

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: 27/09/2024

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