Job Title: Assistant Calibration Engineer
Location: Plymouth Devon
Compensation: £38, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Calibration Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As an Assistant Calibration Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join a specialist team responsible for testing, repairing, and calibrating radiological survey instruments and monitoring systems—ensuring operational readiness, regulatory compliance, and technical excellence within the Calibration Group.
Day-to-day, you’ll test, repair, and calibrate radiological survey instruments and monitoring systems, ensuring timely completion and full compliance with industry standards.
1. Generate calibration certificates and maintain accurate, traceable records
2. Follow UKAS-accredited protocols, including measurements, equipment checks, and Excel-based data management
3. Ensure facility compliance with BS EN ISO and BS EN standards
4. Conduct radiological tasks with sealed sources under IRR17 and RPS supervision
5. Manage administration processes for receiving, tracking, and dispatching radiological equipment securely and on time
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Assistant Calibration Engineer
6. Engineering or science background with technical aptitude
7. Skilled in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
8. Clear written communication and strong interpersonal skills
9. Confident in basic mathematics and data analysis
10. Detail-focused with a methodical, professional approach
Qualifications for the Assistant Calibration Engineer
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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
11. Generous holiday allowance
12. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
13. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
14. Employee share scheme
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of Professional Fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
18. 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.
19. ‘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
20. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.