Job Title: Senior Fluid Analyst
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65814
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 Fluid Analyst at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.
The Role
Are you a passionate and driven engineer with a flair for fluid dynamics? An exciting opportunity has opened up for a talented, enthusiastic, and motivated
Senior Fluid Analyst to join our cutting-edge
Analysis, Modelling & Simulation Team within the Mission Systems business unit.
This is more than just a job, it’s a chance to work at the forefront of engineering innovation, supporting some of the most advanced naval platforms in the world. You’ll play a key role in delivering high-impact analysis that directly influences the performance, safety, and reliability of critical mechanical and fluid systems across both submarine and surface ship platforms.
- Leading the delivery of fluid analysis activities, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget while maintaining the highest technical standards.
- Authoring and reviewing technical documentation, ensuring the accuracy, clarity, and robustness of all fluid analysis outputs produced by the team.
- Driving continuous improvement by supporting the evolution of fluid analysis methodologies—enhancing both precision and efficiency across a range of applications.
- Advancing cutting-edge techniques, helping the team stay at the forefront of the field by developing capabilities in areas such as compressible and multiphase CFD analysis to meet evolving customer demands.
- Championing knowledge sharing, by developing new analysis methods and delivering both formal and informal training to upskill the wider team and embed best practices.
You’ll be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team that values curiosity, precision, and continuous improvement. Whether you're refining existing models or exploring new simulation techniques, your work will have real-world impact on the systems that keep our naval forces mission-ready.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid/remote working arrangements.
Essential Experience Of The Senior Fluid Analyst
- Experience in fluid analysis in a high integrity environment
- A good understanding of first principle fluid dynamics.
- A history of working to and improving fluid methodologies.
- Experience using Computational Fluid Dynamics (Babcock use Fluent and CFX), 1D modelling (Babcock use Python, Matlab and AMESim).
- Experience of transient 2D and 3D analysis.
Qualifications For The Senior Fluid Analyst
- Mechanical Degree, or HND or HNC in an Engineering Discipline with demonstrable experience and capability.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate must obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance once in post.
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.
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