Facility Support Engineer

Babcock International Group; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Plymouth is seeking a Facility Support Engineer to join their Radioactive Waste Management team. This role involves overseeing asset delivery, ensuring safety standards, and maintaining facilities in a regulated environment. Ideal candidates should have experience in the nuclear sector or similar fields and relevant engineering qualifications. The position offers full-time hours and a variety of employee benefits.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance

Access to Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for Reservists

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering work

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Skilled in interpreting technical documents and engineering drawings.
• Experience working in regulated environments, ideally within the nuclear sector.
• Familiar with industrial sites and associated hazards.
• Background in technical operations involving nuclear/radiological activities.
• Proven ability in maintaining facilities and equipment supporting nuclear and non-nuclear operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee timely delivery of diverse assets and services to meet operational needs.
• Ensure availability of spares and equipment for safe operation.
• Support delivery of tasks within the RWM Integrated Master Schedule.
• Maintain standards in Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Quality.

Skills

Interpreting technical documents and engineering drawings

Working in regulated environments

Familiar with industrial sites hazards

Maintaining facilities and equipment

Technical operations involving nuclear/radiological activities

Education

BTEC Level 3 or equivalent in relevant discipline

Recognised Apprenticeship in relevant discipline

Relevant experience in an engineering discipline

Job description

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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 Facility Support Engineerat our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Facility Support Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join our Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) team in a dynamic role that offers meaningful collaboration across production and operational units. This diverse opportunity provides hands-on experience and clear development pathways within the department and beyond once qualified.

Day-to-day, you’ll oversee and ensure the timely delivery of diverse assets and services to meet operational needs across multiple site stakeholders, coordinating resources and support to maintain performance, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

• Ensure availability of spares and equipment for the safe operation of the RWM facility
• Support the delivery of tasks within the RWM Integrated Master Schedule, including stakeholder engagement and project documentation
• Assist in day-to-day operations and waste management activities
• Maintain standards in Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Quality across RWM functions
• Produce site-wide waste metrics and manage associated content on RWM SharePoint pages

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

Essential experience of the Facility Support Engineer

• Skilled in interpreting technical documents and engineering drawings
• Experience working in regulated environments, ideally within the nuclear sector
• Familiar with industrial sites and associated hazards
• Background in technical operations involving nuclear/radiological activities
• Proven ability in maintaining facilities and equipment supporting nuclear and non-nuclear operations

Qualifications for the Facility Support Engineer

• BTEC Level 3 or equivalent in relevant discipline (STEM subjects) or equivalent
• Recognised Apprenticeship in relevant discipline (STEM subjects)
• Relevant experience in an engineering discipline.

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 .

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.