Role ID: SF73147
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Job Title
Engineering Manager
Location
Plymouth, Devon (Hybrid Working Arrangements)
Role Overview
Lead safety‑critical engineering that protects national 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 Engineering Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
Responsibilities
* Provide technical leadership and strategic direction to a team of Design Managers and Engineers, ensuring designs are robust, compliant and fit for purpose within a highly regulated environment.
* Shape resourcing and supply‑chain strategies, balance competing priorities and work closely with customers and stakeholders to deliver complex engineering solutions.
* Lead the delivery of engineering portfolios, ensuring outputs meet safety, quality, cost and schedule requirements.
* Manage and develop engineering teams, offering technical oversight and coaching.
* Ensure engineering designs meet regulatory and safety standards, within a licensed nuclear environment.
* Co‑ordinate resourcing and supply‑chain strategies to support successful delivery.
* Engage with internal and external stakeholders, acting as a trusted, customer‑facing engineering leader.
Essential Experience
* Proven experience applying systems engineering principles across the full design lifecycle.
* Experience leading delivery of engineering designs within a regulated or high‑hazard environment.
* Strong leadership experience, managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
* Demonstrable experience delivering infrastructure or complex engineering solutions.
* Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and customers in demanding environments.
Qualifications
* Degree in a STEM discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
* Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status, or clear evidence of working towards registration.
* Membership of a relevant professional engineering institution.
* Chartered Engineer or Chartered Manager status – 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.
Benefits
* 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‑day special paid leave
* Holiday Trading – allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement.
* ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid day a year to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity.
Company
We’re Babcock – a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure.
Closing date
15/05/2026
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