Job Title: Engineering Specialist
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £42,000 - £48,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70998
Make your mark in engineering that protects our nation's future
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 Engineering Specialist at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.
The role
As an Engineering Specialist, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will play a vital role in supporting the Royal Navy by maintaining, installing and setting to work some of the most advanced systems in the defence sector - including mechanical, electrical and fibre‑optic equipment, as well as masts, periscopes, radar and radio systems. Every task you complete helps ensure operational capability at sea, contributing directly to national security while expanding your own technical expertise.
Day‑to‑day you'll be required to:
* Carry out planned and reactive maintenance to meet safety and customer requirements.
* Diagnose and resolve faults across a range of mechanical, electrical and fibre‑optic systems.
* Install, remove, pressure‑test and set to work engineering systems aboard Royal Navy vessels.
* Review and interpret documentation for masts, periscopes, radar and radio equipment.
* Work safely at all times in line with risk assessments and health and safety standards.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.
Essential experience of the Engineering Specialist
* Background in mechanical and/or electrical engineering.
* Experience diagnosing engineering faults.
* Ability to understand and work from technical drawings and schematics.
* Knowledge of masts or periscopes is advantageous.
* Strong commitment to safe systems of work.
Qualifications for the Engineering Specialist
* HNC, HND or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline.
* Manual Handling training - Desirable
* Working at Height certification - 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. 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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK ).
What we offer
* 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-days special paid leave
* 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.
* '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
Babcock
We're Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 11/03/2026
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