Commissioning Engineer
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Commissioning Engineer at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife. As part of our Marine sector, you’ll be involved in engineering programmes that support national defence and global security—helping deliver vessels and mission systems that protect people, safeguard assets, and strengthen resilience worldwide.
Job Details
* Location: Rosyth, Fife
* Compensation: £43,671 – £46,064
* Role Type: Full time / Permanent
* Role ID: SF72219
* Hours: 36 hours per week, full time, based on site at Rosyth
Role Overview
As a Commissioning Engineer, you’ll ensure that critical ship systems and equipment are expertly inspected, tested, and validated—helping to deliver world‑class maritime platforms that meet performance, safety, and quality standards. Your work will make a direct contribution to national security while accelerating your own technical growth and professional development. This is an exciting opportunity where your decisions, insight, and problem‑solving will influence major design‑and‑build programmes, including export variants, refits, and new commercial applications.
Responsibilities
* Inspect, test and evaluate equipment to support safe and timely commissioning across a wide range of applications.
* Monitor and record commissioning progress, analyse test results, and witness final system acceptance.
* Ensure all documentation meets configuration control and Quality Assurance requirements.
* Investigate and diagnose issues, gathering information from multiple sources to understand defects and recommend solutions.
* Support safe commissioning of plant, equipment, and installations in line with project and programme requirements.
Essential Experience
* Experience creating and maintaining test documentation and analysing test results.
* Experience writing safety documentation, including risk assessments, method statements, and procedures.
* Ability to manage hazards in line with ALARP and safe working standards.
* Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability.
* Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and work safely within technical environments.
Qualifications
* HNC/HND in a Mechanical Engineering discipline with relevant industry experience.
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, which may affect eligibility based on place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency.
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 share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity.
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
About 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.
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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 13/04/2026
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