Senior Plant Engineer

Job Title: Senior Plant Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £51,941.00 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Plant Engineer at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon.

As a Senior Plant Engineer, you'll take on a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be at the heart of managing submarine docks, nuclear fuel handling and radioactive waste facilities - critical to supporting the Ministry of Defence's nuclear submarine programme. Your work will ensure safe and compliant facilities for maintenance, upkeep and disposal activities, making a real difference to national security and shaping the future of defence engineering.

Day-to-day, you'll be part of the team managing our nuclear and radiological facilities, with responsibilities including:

• Implementing nuclear safety case requirements to operate docks and associated facilities.
• Enabling safe delivery of work packages, ensuring controls are in place for nuclear safety evolutions.
• Overseeing control of work, site operations, and plant maintenance.
• Supporting projects in the design and installation of new engineering and infrastructure.
• Liaising with operational teams, conducting health and safety walkdowns, and resolving facility defects.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.

• Experience managing work in high-hazard or regulated industries (e.g. nuclear, chemical, oil & gas, rail, or aerospace).
• Skilled in implementing risk assessments or safety cases.
• Strong team and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to oversee complex engineering operations.

• Level 5 qualification essential or equivalent higher-level learning with substantial experience.
• Level 6 STEM degree preferred.

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / 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 ()

• 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.

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 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: 02/12/2025