Principal Supportability Engineer

Job Title:          Principal Supportability Engineer 
Location:          Faslane, Helensburgh plus hybrid working arrangements 
Compensation: Up to £69,400 + Benefits
Role Type:        Permanent/ Full Time
Role ID:            SF64490

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 Principal Supportability Engineer at our Babcock, Faslane site.

The role
Future Programmes Principal Supportability Engineer is a mid-level management role in the Supportability Engineering discipline of the Engineering role family. This role manages an area of activity (at scale) within this discipline and is accountable for performance and results achieved through multiple managers, senior grade professional associates and / or senior technical specialists. The Principal Supportability Engineer should have a broad understanding of a range of engineering systems or disciplines and be able to communicate effectively with SMEs.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Be required to provide technical input and oversight to individual projects, in conjunction with the Project manager, and will be responsible for reviewing, modelling, analysing and innovating all future supportability challenges.
• Be responsible to the Senior Project Manager who has overall accountability for the delivery of the Project to the Head of Future Programmes. Future Fleet Operations activities at Clyde including, but not limited to, Dreadnought, AUKUS, SSN(A), LTPA, EMP, UAG, Programme Euston and SWP.
• Lead on Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Quality within the project and all operations business performance metrics (Safety, cost, schedule, quality) (AC17, AC26)
• Work with the Future Programme Team to define and detail the work required to deliver each activity, providing technical oversight to optimise solutions and remove conflicts.
• Apply technical expertise and ensure quality standards are achieved across the project and ensure that Learning from Experience is shared across the Future Programmes teams, through effective team working and/or sharing of resource. (AC28)
• Establishing, leading, and maintaining governance arrangements for the delivery of the project. Defining clear roles and responsibilities and accountabilities that align with the company Business Management System.

Essential experience of the Principal Supportability Engineer

• Broad breadth of knowledge with a good awareness of engineering principles including nuclear engineering; mechanical and electrical engineering systems and equipment; and support functions such as scaffolding and slinging.
• Nuclear Engineering
• Mechanical and/or Electrical Marine Engineering systems and equipment
• T, A and V Class systems
• Maintenance, diagnosis, repair and replacement of submarine and surface ship systems and equipment

Qualifications for the Principal Supportability Engineer

• Chartered / Incorporated member of a recognised Engineering Council Institution, or ability to gain within two years.
• Qualified to minimum of Bachelors’ Degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Leadership and Management Certification.

This role is 37 hours a week Monday to Friday with hybrid working arrangements in place- 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home. 

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: 17/06/2025

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