Design Engineer

Job Title:              Design Engineer
Location:              Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF62879

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 at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Design Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join a dynamic team of Design Engineers, where you'll deliver innovative designs, tackling complex engineering challenges, and driving compliance within critical nuclear projects.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide technical engineering support and contribute of process engineering design activities, managing modifications to nuclear plant and equipment across Devonport Royal Dockyard and the MOD’s Authorised Site.
  

• Work within a team to deliver designs across all design phases.
• Oversee the creation, review, and approval of technical documents and drawings.
• Perform engineering analyses, including calculations, structural assessments, and fluid flow studies.
• Ensure compliance with nuclear regulations, standards, and licence conditions.
• Provide technical support for nuclear assets while managing project schedules.

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

Essential experience of the Design Engineer

• Proficient in mechanical engineering principles for pressure/pipework systems.
• Familiar with the design lifecycle.
• Knowledgeable about regulations and standards for nuclear processes and pressure systems.
• Skilled in project specification, planning, and budgeting.
• Experienced in areas such as pressure systems, CAD, engineering simulation, fluid flow analysis, or nuclear plant design.

Qualifications for the Design Engineer
The ideal candidate holds a minimum of an HND/FdSc/FdEng or equivalent in mechanical/process engineering and is professionally registered with an engineering institution.

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 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
• 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:  26/03/2025

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