Maintenance and Substantiation Engineer - Electrical

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services firm is looking for a Maintenance Substantiation Engineer - Electrical in Plymouth. This role involves delivering engineering support and maintenance documentation for a variety of electrical assets at our Nuclear Licensed Site. The ideal candidate will have a background in electrical engineering, experience in HV/LV systems, or control environments, and is expected to produce compliance documentation. Join us to enhance national defense and grow your career in a specialized environment.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Development opportunities and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Proven background in electrical engineering, ideally with maintenance experience.
• Experience in HV/LV systems or control and instrumentation environments.
• Understanding of nuclear safety case substantiation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engineering support and maintenance documentation for electrical assets.
• Produce and amend maintenance documentation for nuclear and non-nuclear sites.
• Collaborate with engineering and safety teams to meet project goals.

Skills

Electrical engineering

HV/LV systems

Compliance with regulations

Education

Higher National Certificate (HNC) in relevant engineering discipline

Job description

Maintenance and Substantiation Engineer - Electrical

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

Full time, 35 hours per week, onsite or hybrid at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Job Title: Maintenance Substantiation Engineer - Electrical
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £43,935 - £49,104 depending on experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68588

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 Maintenance Substantiation Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Maintenance Substantiation Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be a vital part of our Devonport Engineering Technical Authority team, supporting the Royal Navy’s submarine refit programme.

Day-to-day, you’ll deliver engineering support and maintenance documentation for a wide range of electrical assets across our Nuclear Licensed Site, MOD Authorised Site, and Non-Nuclear areas. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to national defence, develop your technical expertise, and grow your career in a highly specialised environment.

• Producing and amending maintenance documentation for electrical assets across nuclear and non-nuclear sites.
• Interpreting drawings, manuals, and safety reports to ensure compliance with statutory legislation and design standards.
• Delivering documentation aligned with Licence Conditions and nuclear safety cases.
• Collaborating with engineering and safety teams to meet project goals.
• Occasionally working in radiologically controlled areas, at height, or in confined spaces (training provided).

Essential experience of the Maintenance Substantiation Engineer

• Proven background in electrical engineering, ideally with maintenance experience.
• Experience in HV/LV systems or control and instrumentation environments.
• Understanding of nuclear safety case substantiation (training provided).
• Ability to work within regulated environments and meet compliance standards.

Qualifications for the Maintenance Substantiation Engineer

• Higher National Certificate (HNC) in a relevant engineering discipline preferred.
• Candidates with strong field experience and willingness to work towards HNC will be considered.

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

• 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.