Commissioning Engineer - Gas Trial Engineer

Job Title:                     Commissioning Engineer - Gas Trial Engineer

Location:                     Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, South Korea

Compensation:           Competitive + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF72458

Bring world‑class engineering to life at the heart of global maritime projects

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Commissioning Engineer (Mechanical) / Gas Trial Engineer at Mokpo Shipyard, near Mokpo, South Jeolla Province.

The role

As a Commissioning Engineer (Mechanical) / Gas Trial Engineer, you’ll be right at the centre of delivering complex and critical engineering activity that helps shape the future of liquefied gas transportation. This is an exciting opportunity to work on LPG and LNG carrier projects during their final construction stages—bringing advanced cargo handling systems to life, ensuring their safe operation, and supporting gas trials on board vessels.

Your work will make a real impact across the defence, aerospace and engineering sectors by ensuring the safe and reliable operation of key systems that support global energy security. You’ll gain hands-on experience, broaden your technical expertise, and grow your career within an innovative and internationally recognised engineering environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Plan, perform and manage commissioning activities for cargo handling plant equipment in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Collaborate with shipyard teams, vessel owners and Classification Societies to ensure commissioning work meets required technical standards.
• Attend vessels during gas trials and first voyages, liaising closely with clients to coordinate activities.
• Provide hands-on technical support to shipyard colleagues and onboard commissioning teams.
• Support and guide the Gas Trial team, including leading Health and Safety inductions under the direction of Head Office.

This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week, based at Mokpo Shipyard, South Korea. Hybrid working patterns are available, and the role requires frequent travel to other sites and vessels during gas trials, first voyages and dry-docking activities.

Essential experience of the Commissioning Engineer - Gas Trial Engineer:

• Previous hands-on experience with Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations, including at least five years at sea.
• Strong technical competence, ideally with experience working on refrigeration or LPG / LNG cargo-related machinery.
• Practical experience in engineering environments involving rotating machinery, hydraulics or cryogenic systems.
• Clear, confident communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Able to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced shipyard environment.

Qualifications for the Commissioning Engineer - Gas Trial Engineer:

• Marine engineering or mechanical engineering qualification.
• Seagoing engineering experience on LPG or LNG carriers preferred
• Additional certifications related to gas handling, cryogenic systems or marine engineering.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

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: 24/03/2026

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