Job Title: Senior Solicitor
Location: Flexible
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Lead high-impact legal decisions on critical national programmes
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 Solicitor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Senior Solicitor, you’ll act as a trusted legal advisor at the heart of major nuclear and defence programmes. You’ll provide expert legal support on complex, high-value contracts and strategic projects, ensuring that legal risk is effectively managed while enabling commercial success.
Day-to-day, you’ll have a unique opportunity to influence critical infrastructure projects that support national defence and long-term security. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, shape key decisions and contribute to the development of the wider legal function, enhancing both your leadership and technical expertise.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with occasional travel to Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Senior Solicitor
Qualifications for the Senior Solicitor
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 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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