Job Title: Configuration Management Engineering Technician
Location: Cosham, Portsmouth + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: From £35, Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape the future of naval engineering
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 Configuration Management Engineering Technician at our Lakeside site.
The role
As a Configuration Management Engineering Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of maintaining the integrity of the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Surface Ship definitions. Working within our Master Record Data Centre (MRDC) team, you’ll help ensure millions of records remain accurate and accessible, supporting national defence and maritime operations. This is a role that makes a real difference - not only to the business but to the security of the UK.
Day-to-day you’ll be required to:
1. Screen and extract relevant data from technical documents, drawings, and specifications to maintain ship fit definitions in SSDD.
2. Ensure all tasks comply with project procedures and quality plans, identifying improvements where possible.
3. Support other Configuration Engineers and collaborate across teams.
4. Undertake ship visits to support configuration audits.
5. Update SSDD while considering impacts on data interfaces and schedules.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Configuration Management Engineering Technician
6. Ability to interpret technical data from drawings and documentation.
7. Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
8. IT literacy, ideally with experience using Configuration Management tools (e.g., SSDD).
9. Engineering experience desirable, particularly within MoD maritime environments.
10. Team-oriented with the ability to present technical data clearly.
Qualifications for the Configuration Management Engineering Technician
11. ONC or equivalent engineering academic qualification.
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 .
What we offer
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
15. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
19. 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.
20. ‘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
21. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.