Weapons Engineering Section Head

Job Title:              Weapons Engineering Section Head
Location:              Plymouth, Devon 
Compensation:    £36,620.00 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF57161

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 Weapons Engineering Section Head at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Weapons Engineering Section Head, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you’ll join a new and highly motivated team of experienced Engineers and Technicians as they support and deliver Weapons Engineering systems back to the fleet.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead a small team in carrying out the maintenance, fault diagnosis, defect repair and administration associated with equipment onboard a Type 23 Frigate.

• Responsible for the material state and engineering standards of equipment assigned to you throughout the upkeep period. You will be the Lead Technician and Subject Matter Expert for all medium calibre gun and Associated Director system maintenance tasks.  
• Assist in the commissioning process of systems within the scope, bringing them from a dormant to fully functional state in line with set procedures and trials.  
• Responsible for the ordering, installing and returning of spares relevant to your section’s equipment. 
• Carry out basic planning and engineering administration tasks for your section in support of your Group Head by utilising maintenance management systems, technical handbooks, upkeep procedures. You will be required to identify, diagnose and repair defects within your area of speciality.  

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

Essential experience of the Weapons Engineering Section Head

• Experienced Engineer, Maintainer or Technician within the required specialisation - mechanical and electrical  
• Experience within a Supervisory role in previous employment 
• Be computer literate and able to use Microsoft Office applications to a reasonable standard, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams.
• Be familiar with current medium calibre gun, gun director and magazine spray systems fitted to Royal Navy Warships and have a recognised competency or demonstrable knowledge in at least one of the above mentioned systems - Desirable

Qualifications for the Weapons Engineering Section Head

• NVQ Level 3 or above in an Engineering discipline is desirable or the equivalent demonstratable experience.  

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 
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• 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
• Opportunity to work with innovative technology.
• Potential to develop skills.
• The honour and responsibility of equipping our armed forces.

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: 09/05/2024

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