Electrical Engineer

Babcock International Group; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension and life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Reservists 10 days paid leave

Holiday trading and Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock International Group in Plymouth is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design and document electrical systems for defence, aerospace and engineering programmes. The role blends office and site work with hybrid working arrangements, supporting national security and critical infrastructure projects.

You will develop electrical solutions, collaborate across disciplines, and ensure compliance with safety standards while progressing your technical expertise within a globally recognised

Qualifications

• Experience producing electrical engineering designs and technical documentation.
• Experience working within a regulated engineering or industrial environment.
• Understanding of electrical engineering principles, standards and compliance requirements.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to manage priorities and deliver work to agreed deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Produce electrical engineering designs, drawings and technical documentation.
• Support the development of engineering solutions that meet customer and project requirements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver project objectives.
• Ensure designs comply with relevant safety, quality and regulatory standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and engineering best practice.

Skills

Electrical design

Regulated environment

Standards & compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Deadline management

Education

Electrical Engineering degree or related

Job description

Job Title: Electrical Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £32,500 - £40,700 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the Future of Critical Engineering Projects

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 Electrical Engineer at our Plymouth, Devon site.

The role

As an Electrical Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play a key role in delivering innovative electrical design solutions that support major defence, aerospace and engineering programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to work on projects that make a real difference to national security and critical infrastructure while developing your technical expertise within a globally recognised engineering organisation.

Have you gained valuable hands on electrical experience and are ready for the next step in your career? Join our team in a design role and put your practical knowledge to work.

Day-to-day, You’ll Be Required To

• Produce electrical engineering designs, drawings and technical documentation.


• Support the development of engineering solutions that meet customer and project requirements.


• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver project objectives.


• Ensure designs comply with relevant safety, quality and regulatory standards.


• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and engineering best practice

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

Essential Experience Of The Electrical Engineer

• Experience producing electrical engineering designs and technical documentation.


• Experience working within a regulated engineering or industrial environment.


• Understanding of electrical engineering principles, standards and compliance requirements.


• Experience collaborating with stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams.


• Ability to manage priorities and deliver work to agreed deadlines.

Qualifications For The Electrical Engineer

• Qualification in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.


• Demonstrable technical knowledge relevant to electrical design activities.

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

• 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 27/08/2026