Jobs
My ads
My job alerts
Sign in
Find a job Career Tips Companies
Find

Senior solicitor

Plymouth
Babcock International
Solicitor
Posted: 15 June
The role

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.

  • Providing expert legal advice on complex commercial contracts and strategic projects
  • Leading contract negotiations to ensure commercially sound and compliant outcomes
  • Managing disputes, litigation and regulatory compliance activities
  • Supporting governance processes and ensuring adherence to legal frameworks
  • Collaborating with senior stakeholders to deliver pragmatic, risk-based solutions
  • 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

  • Demonstrable experience in commercial contract drafting, negotiation and review
  • Proven ability to deliver strategic, risk-based legal advice to senior stakeholders
  • Experience managing disputes, litigation and regulatory compliance
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate legal complexity into business context
  • Experience working within an in-house or corporate legal environment
  • NEC contract experience
  • Qualifications for the Senior Solicitor

  • Qualified Solicitor in England and Wales with significant post-qualification experience
  • 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.

    We are a disability confident committed employer.

    Apply
    Create E-mail Alert
    Job alert activated
    Saved
    Save
    Similar job
    Residential development solicitor
    Plymouth
    G2 Legal Limited
    Solicitor
    Similar job
    Residential development solicitor
    Plymouth
    G2 Legal
    Solicitor
    €52,500 a year
    Similar job
    Industrial disease solicitor – hybrid & flexible role
    Plymouth
    G2 Legal Limited
    Solicitor
    €45,000 a year
    See more jobs
    Similar jobs
    Babcock International recruitment
    Babcock International jobs in Plymouth
    Legal jobs in Plymouth
    jobs Plymouth
    jobs Devon
    jobs England
    Home > Jobs > Legal jobs > Solicitor jobs > Solicitor jobs in Plymouth > Senior Solicitor

    About Jobijoba

    • Career Advice
    • Company Reviews

    Search for jobs

    • Jobs by Job Title
    • Jobs by Industry
    • Jobs by Company
    • Jobs by Location
    • Jobs by Keywords

    Contact / Partnership

    • Contact
    • Publish your job offers on Jobijoba

    Legal notice - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy - Manage my cookies - Accessibility: Not compliant

    © 2026 Jobijoba - All Rights Reserved

    Apply
    Create E-mail Alert
    Job alert activated
    Saved
    Save