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Job Title: Facilities Engineering Process Capability Lead
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £54, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Strengthen Engineering Capability at the Heart of National Defence
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as Facilities Engineering Process Capability Lead at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As Facilities Engineering Process Capability Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening the facilities engineering capability at HMNB Devonport—one of the most strategically important naval bases in Western Europe. Working within the Engineering Capability Team, you’ll help ensure our engineering organisation has the right processes, governance and capability to support complex ship and submarine sustainment programmes.
Day-to-day, you’ll lead the measurement, management and continuous improvement of facilities engineering processes, supporting the Design Authority and wider engineering teams to maintain design intent across critical infrastructure.
1. Leading the measurement, management and continuous improvement of facilities engineering processes.
2. Reviewing and updating technical and design processes to maintain effective governance.
3. Facilitating process working groups and leading the process steering forum.
4. Assessing process capability health, identifying risks, inefficiencies and improvement actions.
5. Supporting internal and external audits, including ISO compliance activities.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 3 days in the office/onsite.
Essential experience of the Facilities Engineering Process Capability Lead
6. Experience working in or closely supporting a facilities engineering environment.
7. Proven understanding of engineering processes, including staged design or technical management frameworks.
8. Experience analysing processes, identifying vulnerabilities and delivering improvement initiatives.
9. Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams and diverse stakeholder groups, including international partners.
10. Strong communication skills with the confidence to influence and guide engineering best practice.
Qualifications for the Facilities Engineering Process Capability Lead
11. Degree‑level qualification in a STEM discipline, or a completed engineering apprenticeship with relevant experience.
12. Incorporated Engineer registration or a clear pathway toward professional registration - Desirable
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) / Developed Vetting (DV) 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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