Job Title: Senior Safety Case Engineer – Weapons
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £69, - £74, + 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 a Senior Safety Case Engineer – Weapons at our RNAD Coulport site.
The role
As a Senior Safety Case Engineer – Weapons, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll lead the development of new and operational safety cases in a high‑hazard environment, shaping decisions that keep people safe and assets mission‑ready. It’s work with real‑world impact - directly supporting UK national security while accelerating your professional growth across complex, regulated safety domains. This role sits within our Naval Nuclear business at HMNB Clyde, where Babcock delivers specialist engineering support in partnership with the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Navy.
Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:
1. Lead and develop a team of safety case engineers, coaching toward SQEP status across multiple safety domains.
2. Produce, review and assure high‑quality safety documentation and professional engineering reports.
3. Maintain compliance with site authorisation conditions across Nuclear Reactor Plant, nuclear weapons, and Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives.
4. Engage and influence stakeholders, including the Ministry of Defence customer, facility operators and industry partners (e.g., Rolls‑Royce, AWE).
5. Explain complex technical issues clearly to varied audiences and drive informed decision‑making.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday 07:15 – 16:45 and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Senior Safety Case Engineer – Weapons
6. Safety case experience in a regulated or safety‑critical environment.
7. Experience producing and reviewing professional engineering reports.
8. Familiarity with safety case methodologies and justification approaches.
9. Exposure to nuclear reactor plant and/or warhead environments.
10. Ability to communicate complex issues to different audiences.
Qualifications for the Senior Safety Case Engineer – Weapons
11. HNC/HND in Engineering or a relevant STEM degree.
12. Professional registration with a relevant institution or working towards it.
13. Evidence of continued professional development in nuclear or weapons safety – Desirable
14. Experience collaborating with government or defence stakeholders – Desirable
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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 .
What we offer
15. Generous holiday allowance
16. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
17. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
18. Employee share scheme
19. Employee shopping savings portal
20. Payment of Professional Fees
21. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
22. 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.
23. ‘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
24. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.