Configuration Engineer

Babcock International; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Configuration Engineer, where you will play a vital role in maintaining Configuration Management for essential facilities and assets. This position offers a collaborative environment with strong team dynamics and excellent opportunities for career growth. You will be responsible for overseeing document control, facilitating compliance processes, and conducting quality checks on design documentation. With a commitment to employee development and a comprehensive benefits package, this role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects while enjoying a hybrid working arrangement.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in document management in a regulated environment.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective Configuration Management for facilities and assets.
• Oversee document control and facilitate management activities.

Skills

Knowledge of industry Codes and Standards

Document management experience

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

Proficient in Autodesk Vault

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Proficient in SharePoint

Understanding of relational database methodology

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

GCSE Grade C or equivalent in Maths and English

Tools

Autodesk Vault

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

Job Title: Configuration Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £38,085 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63880

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 Configuration Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Configuration Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join our team and contribute to the vital task of maintaining Configuration Management for our facilities and assets. Be part of a collaborative environment with strong team dynamics and excellent opportunities for career growth and progression.

Day-to-day, you’ll ensure effective Configuration Management for facilities and assets by overseeing document control, facilitating management activities, and administering essential tools to support these processes.

• Support the maintenance of the Devonport Royal Dockyard Codes and Standards Library.
• Facilitate the Design Review process to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Assist with Configuration Status Accounting, including Master Record Index (MRI) checks and audits.
• Conduct quality checks on design and safety documentation and metadata.
• Maintain and update relevant Business Management System (BMS) processes, resolving configuration issues and queries.

This role is full time 35, hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Configuration Engineer

• Knowledge of industry Codes and Standards.
• Document management experience in a regulated environment.
• Strong communication, organisational, and prioritisation skills with a flexible, proactive approach.
• Proficient in Autodesk Vault, Microsoft Office, and SharePoint.
• Strong understanding of relational database methodology.

Qualifications for the Configuration Engineer

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• GCSE Grade C or equivalent in Maths and English

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 [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.

Closing date: 22/05/2025

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