Administrator - Engineering Services

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services company is seeking an Engineering Services Administrator to support Facilities Engineering teams at their Devonport Royal Dockyard site. This full-time role involves managing diaries, coordinating meetings, and providing essential administrative support. Successful candidates will have previous office experience and required qualifications including GCSEs in English and Maths. The role offers hybrid working arrangements with comprehensive benefits including a matched pension scheme and health support services.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and annual health check

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Holiday Trading benefits

Paid leave for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to Facilities Engineering teams.
• Manage diaries, coordinate room bookings, and record meeting minutes.
• Prepare letters, reports, and documentation; photocopy, scan, and archive.
• Maintain product registers and process supply orders.

Skills

Previous experience in a busy office environment

Effective written and verbal communication skills

Excellent organisational and time management abilities

Problem-solving and decision-making skills

Education

GCSEs in English and Maths (Grade C or equivalent)

NVQ Level 2 in Business and Administration or equivalent

Job description

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

Onsite or Hybrid

Support Facilities Engineering Technical Authority and Engineering Teams

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 Services Administrator within the Facilities Engineering Programme Management Office (PMO) at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As an Administrator - Engineering Services, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. It’s an opportunity to develop your skills in a dynamic environment while contributing to projects that make a real difference.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide essential support to Facilities Engineering senior managers and project teams to meet business objectives. This is a fast-paced, varied role where no two days are the same. You’ll manage multiple tasks, prioritise effectively, and play a key part in ensuring smooth operations.

• Provide administrative support to Facilities Engineering teams
• Manage diaries, coordinate room bookings, and accurately record meeting minutes
• Prepare letters, reports, and other documentation; perform photocopying, scanning, and archiving tasks as required
• Maintain product registers and process supply orders promptly

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Administrator

• Previous experience in a busy office environment
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organisational and time management abilities
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills

Qualifications for the Administrator

• GCSEs in English and Maths (Grade C or equivalent)
• NVQ Level 2 in Business and Administration or equivalent

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. 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

• 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 portalPayment 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 [e-mail] 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.

Application Guidance

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Early applications are encouraged, as we may close the advert ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of strong applicants