Electrical Design Engineer

Faslane Port, Scotland, United Kingdom

6/18/2025

Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Faslane, Helensburgh + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Up to £53,000 depending on experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF 64345

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 Electrical Design Engineer at our Faslane, Helensburgh site.

The role

As a Electrical Design Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for all non-nuclear safety implicated Electrical Design requests relating to our infrastructure at our Faslane site.

Day-to-day, you’ll ensure compliance with regulatory standards and maintaining the design intent of all systems to ensure they are safe to operate from a design perspective whilst optimising our client’s investment.

• Act as Technical Authority for Electrical Services at HMNB Clyde, representing Babcock Marine in all relevant technical and organisational meetings, and overseeing activities such as maintenance validation, design concessions, EMIT reviews, FEED, and risk management.
• Survey and inspect assets across HMNB Clyde, applying MoD Defence Estates asset grading standards to ensure infrastructure integrity and compliance.
• Champion safety, security, quality, and environmental standards within the Facility Design section, ensuring risk assessments are conducted and safe working practices are maintained.
• Deliver electrical and building services designs for projects under £25k, and lead specification, review, and approval of third-party designs for larger projects, reporting to the TCA for final endorsement.
  
  
  

This role is full time, 36 hours per week worked Monday to Thursday and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential Experience Of The Electrical Design Engineer

• Demonstrable experience within an Electrical Design role.
• Experience of Electrical Systems and Equipment within large commercial site operations
• Highly beneficial experience to understand statutory and regulatory requirements such as DSEAR.
• Working knowledge of Engineering Drawings and Electrical Calculations.
  
  
  

Qualifications For The Electrical Design Engineer

• Recognised Apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 18th Edition City and Guilds
• City and Guilds 2395 Periodic Inspection Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations.
  
  
  

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 (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 [email protected] 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: 27/06/25

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