Digital Engineering Specialist

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a Digital Engineering Specialist in Bristol to create and manage digital models and collaborate with teams on critical infrastructure projects. This role requires a degree in engineering or a related field, familiarity with BIM tools, and strong communication skills. Excellent benefits include a matched contribution pension scheme, health consultations, and development opportunities. Join a culture where you can advance your career while contributing to national defense.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for Reservists

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in engineering, construction, or a scientific discipline.
• Familiarity with UK BIM Framework, ISO 19650, COBie, and Uniclass.
• Experience in nuclear, defence, or regulated sectors is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage digital models using Revit and BIM tools.
• Support clash detection and simulations using Navisworks and others.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure digital outputs meet project needs.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Collaboration skills

Strong knowledge of BIM authoring platforms

Education

Degree in engineering, construction, or a scientific discipline

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

Solibri

Synchro

Job description

Job Title: Digital Engineering Specialist

Vacancies: Multiple opportunities available

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66459

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Location: Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

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 Digital Engineering Specialist at historic Devonport Royal Dockyard – home of the biggest naval base in Western Europe and a vital support for the Royal Navy for over 700 years.

At Babcock we have a true culture of opportunity – with business contracts that last decades and structured career development pathways that can take you in all kinds of directions; you will grow, develop, and achieve more than you ever thought possible. There has never been a better time for you to join Babcock Marine.

As aDigital Engineering Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. We have opportunities for Digital Engineering Specialists to work on a wide range of Digital Engineering projects. You’ll be at the forefront of delivering structured digital information that supports the design, maintenance, and development of critical infrastructure for the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet. This is your chance to contribute to national defence while advancing your career in a dynamic and future-focused environment.

What you’ll do:

• Creating and managing digital models using Revit and other BIM tools.
• Supporting model federation, clash detection, and 4D/5D simulations using Navisworks, Solibri, and Synchro.
• Applying Uniclass classifications and COBie data to meet project information requirements.
• Collaborating with engineering, design, and project teams to ensure digital outputs support coordination and delivery.
• Contributing to BIM Execution Plans, MIDPs, TIDPs, and digital delivery strategies.

What you’ll need:

• A degree in engineering, construction, or a scientific discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with the UK BIM Framework, ISO 19650, COBie, and Uniclass.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience in nuclear, defence, or similarly regulated sectors (desirable).
• Strong knowledge of BIM authoring platforms such as Revit.

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 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 [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.