Job Title: Facility Support Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £39, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Help maintain the critical infrastructure that powers the UK’s defence capability
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 Facility Support Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Facility Support Engineer, you’ll play a vital role within our Nuclear Facilities Operations and Maintenance Team, ensuring that assets, infrastructure, systems and controlled environments across Devonport remain fully operational, compliant and safe.
Day-to-day, you’ll work across several facilities, supporting diverse maintenance projects and adapting to business needs in a dynamic, high‑integrity environment.
1. Support the Facility Operations Manager by controlling and coordinating work packages across multiple facilities, assets and plants.
2. Carry out regular Health and Safety checks to ensure a safe working environment is maintained at all times.
3. Schedule and deliver Planned Maintenance, Corrective Maintenance and defect rectification activities.
4. Interface with internal and external customers to support facility upgrades, maintenance delivery and operational readiness.
5. Ensure all tasks meet the required safety, quality and compliance standards.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Facility Support Engineer
6. Experience working within a Maintenance, Facilities or Project environment.
7. Experience coordinating and managing subcontractors for maintenance delivery.
8. Strong IT literacy, including Microsoft Office.
9. Confident communicator with strong organisational and customer‑engagement skills.
10. Ability to problem‑solve, think outcomes, work effectively in a team and lead when required.
Qualifications for the Facility Support Engineer
11. NVQ Level 3 in an Engineering discipline or equivalent.
12. Any additional training or certifications in facilities engineering, asset management or maintenance planning would be advantageous.
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 Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, 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.
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