Engineering Technician

Babcock International Group; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock International Group is seeking an Engineering Technician to support complex deep maintenance for the Royal Navy’s Type 23 Frigates at Devonport Royal Dockyard. The role involves maintaining mechanical and electrical systems, ensuring operational conditions, and requires a qualification in engineering. Full-time position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and development opportunities.

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

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified Electrical or Mechanical Technician with good engineering standards.
• Able to complete physical job requirement onboard ships.
• IT skills to generate defect reports and use maintenance management systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain electrical and mechanical systems onboard vessels.
• Conduct maintenance of dedicated mechanical and electrical systems.
• Report system equipment condition to ensure future operation.

Skills

Good communication skills

Proactive attitude

Adaptability

Education

ONC, Level 3 NVQ or BTEC in engineering

Job description

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Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF59061

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 Technician at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

Job Title: Engineering Technician

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £33,866.00 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF59061

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 Technician at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As an Engineering Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be working with the Support business in the delivery of complex deep maintenance periods for the Royal Navy’s Type 23 Frigates.

Day-to-day, you’ll be assisting to maintain electrical and mechanical systems onboard vessels in deep maintenance periods and contributing to the regeneration of systems and equipment to full operational condition ready for tests and trials by:

• Conducting maintenance of dedicated mechanical and electrical systems
• Reporting on system equipment and condition to ensure stakeholder awareness for future operation
• Rectifying defect of equipment
  
  
  

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Engineering Technician:

• Qualified Electrical or Mechanical Technician with good engineering standards
• Must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job, you will be required to work onboard ships to carry out upkeeping duties on a regular basis.
• IT skills and ability to generate defect reports and populate information into a maintenance management system
• Adaptable and demonstrate flexibility to work across a variety of different tasks which could include general marine maintenance tasks
• A proactive attitude
• Good communication skills
  
  
  

Qualifications for the Engineering Technician:

• ONC, Level 3 NVQ or BTEC, or equivalent qualification in an engineering specialisation
  
  
  

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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. 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: 07/07/2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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