Deputy Design and Safety Manager

Babcock International Group; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense seeks a Deputy Design and Safety Manager for their Plymouth site, focusing on the integrity and safety of critical activities. This full-time permanent position offers hybrid working and a competitive benefits package. Ideal candidates will possess a degree in an engineering or scientific discipline and relevant experience in nuclear safety management.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be educated to Degree level in an Engineering or Scientific discipline.
• Experience with UK Nuclear, Radiological and Conventional legislation is critical.
• Familiarity with Certification Authority requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and approve design and safety artefacts within the Design Authority framework.
• Maintain integrity of nuclear and critical activities throughout their lifecycle.
• Evaluate and provide authority for deviations from Reference Design.

Skills

Ownership of Design Intent

Engineering Duty Holder

Principal Designer

Delegated Design Authority

Education

Degree in Engineering or Scientific Discipline

Job description

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Job Title: Deputy Design and Safety Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64312

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 Deputy Design and Safety Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Deputy Design and Safety Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The Trident Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear (TSSBN) Deputy Design and Safety Manager operates within the Design Authority framework, ensuring the integrity and safety of nuclear and critical activities throughout their lifecycle. This role upholds the responsibility and expertise required to control and maintain design integrity while safeguarding operational standards.

Day-to-day, you’ll ensure nuclear and critical activity integrity within the Design Authority framework, maintaining design control and safety throughout their lifecycle.

• Oversee and approve design and safety artefacts, ensuring proper configuration for the Reference Design.
• Authorise manufacture, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, modification, and decommissioning of facilities and assets, including concessions and Basis of Operations.
• Maintain the Reference Design with periodic reviews to uphold design integrity.
• Evaluate deviations from the Reference Design, providing authority to instruct corrective work for compliance.
  
  
  

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

Essential Experience Of The Deputy Design And Safety Manager

• Ownership, maintenance and reporting on the Design Intent, Reference Design and engineering data, including Approval of design change and concessions.
• Engineering Duty Holder for purposes of UK Legislation – including Nuclear, Radiological and Conventional.
• Principal Designer for Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and Building Safety Act purposes.
• Signatory in accordance with UK Certification Authority [UKCA] and Conformité Européenne [CE] requirements.
• Delegated Design Authority for HMNB Devonport Non-Nuclear Facilities assets and operations.
  
  
  

Qualifications For The Deputy Design And Safety Manager

• Must be educated to Degree level in an Engineering or Scientific discipline.
  
  
  

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: 23/06/2025

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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