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Job Title: Engineering Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £59,110 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65217
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an
Engineering Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As an
Engineering Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join the Major Infrastructure Projects (MIP) Business Unit at Devonport and help deliver critical infrastructure upgrades for future MOD ship and submarine operations. Contribute to the design, build, and commissioning of advanced docking and berthing facilities for Astute Class submarine maintenance, supporting a key national defence programme.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for managing the technical aspects of a project, from identification of the need through to handover, acting as the Technical Authority single point of contact, organising and leading resources as the project demands.
- Scope and manage the technical delivery of projects across all lifecycle stages.
- Support the Design Management Group in delivering complex, safety-critical design solutions to quality, time, and budget.
- Lead and coordinate internal and external resources based on evolving project needs.
- Ensure all design outputs meet requirements and align with budget and schedule constraints.
- Apply a structured, proportionate design process tailored to both conventional and nuclear facility environments.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working.
Essential Experience Of The Engineering Manager
- Demonstrated technical expertise with strong communication and interpersonal skills to support effective stakeholder engagement.
- Extensive experience across engineering, construction, or infrastructure environments.
- In-depth knowledge of the design lifecycle, paired with a methodical, problem-solving mindset.
- Solid understanding of designing and substantiating safety-critical solutions, ideally within a regulated industry.
Qualifications For The Engineering Manager
- Hold a STEM degree or demonstrate equivalent professional experience.
- Be a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer, or actively working towards registration with membership in a relevant professional institution.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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: 08/07/2025
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