Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Job Title:                      Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Location:                      Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:            £54,000 - £59,000 + Benefits

Role Type:                    Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                         SF74621

Shape the future of critical defence infrastructure and help keep the nation safe.

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 Senior Electrical Design Engineer at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role

As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll join a newly established Safe to Operate team supporting one of the United Kingdom’s most important defence environments. This is a unique opportunity to apply your technical expertise to the assessment, safety and compliance of critical infrastructure that supports national defence operations.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Reviewing asset management information and technical documentation relating to electrical building services and infrastructure systems.
• Undertaking inspections and assessments of building electrical systems to evaluate compliance, safety and operational effectiveness.
• Analysing electrical inspection and testing reports, identifying risks, defects and non-conformances against applicable standards and regulations.
• Collaborating with operational teams, technical specialists and key stakeholders to gather information and support safe-to-operate assessments.
• Identifying and escalating legislative, regulatory or health and safety concerns, helping drive improvements across critical infrastructure assets.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Electrical Design Engineer  

• Comprehensive understanding of electrical engineering principles and their application within complex environments.
• Technical experience with electrical building services systems and infrastructure assets.
• Strong knowledge of electrical legislation, regulations and standards including Electricity at Work Regulations and Wiring Regulations.
• Experience reviewing and interpreting electrical inspection and testing certification, including defect classification and risk assessment.
• Ability to assess compliance and identify opportunities to improve safety, reliability and operational performance.

Qualifications for the Senior Electrical Design Engineer

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Building Services Engineering, with relevant professional experience.
• City and Guilds 2391 (Periodic Inspection and Testing) or equivalent qualification.
• Registered with, or working towards registration with, the Engineering Council.
• City and Guilds 2396 (Design, Erection and Verification) or equivalent qualification – desirable

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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 22/07/2026

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