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Job Title: Assistant Calibration Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: Band 3 - £38,085
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65584
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 Assistant Calibration Engineer at our Devonport site.
The role
As a Assistant Calibration Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role helps maintain the current capability within the Calibration Group. This role will be accountable to a Senior Calibration Engineer and the Head of Electrical Calibration.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
* Day to day activities for the role will involve, carrying out Calibration, of a broad range of General-Purpose Test and Measurement Equipment. This includes items ranging from 3 phase Switch Board instrumentation, EHT measurement up to 50kV, through to specialist RF & µWave test equipment. For which Calibration Certificates and or Reports for work undertaken, are produced.
* Undertaking electrical safety test and inspection such as Portable Appliance Testing, of Client owned and Calibration Facility Test Measurement and Supporting Equipment.
* Must comply with methods, procedures and specifications, meeting required timescales and participate in audits.
* Develop competency within the role to aspire to become a Calibration engineer, with a view to becoming a recognised signatory in the field of either DC/LF or RF & µWave measurement, as required to maintain ongoing UKAS accreditation.
This role is full time and based onsite at Devonport.
Essential experience of the Assistant Calibration Engineer:
* Demonstrable experience of working with a wide range of electrical/electronic test equipment would an advantage.
* Must be computer literate with a working knowledge of software such as Excel.
* Knowledge of using software tools (i.e. Visual Basic, C++ etc.) to control test instrumentation and collect data via an IEEE488 interface bus, would also be an advantage.
Qualifications for the Assistant Calibration Engineer:
* A minimum of NVQ3 or significant experience in a relevant engineering discipline; preferably to have completed a recognised apprenticeship.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 (www.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 share scheme
* 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
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
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: 29/07/2025
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