Maintenance Substantiation Engineer - Mechanical

Babcock International; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK seeks a Maintenance Substantiation Engineer for its Devonport site. This role involves creating maintenance documentation for various assets, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and collaborating with engineering teams. Applicants should have a mechanical engineering background and ideally hold a Higher National Certificate. The position offers excellent development opportunities and a benefits package, including a matched pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to health check and nutritional consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Volunteer leave

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven background in mechanical engineering, ideally with maintenance experience.
• Understanding of nuclear safety case substantiation (training provided).
• Willingness to work in regulated and confined spaces (training provided).

Responsibilities

• Producing and amending maintenance documentation for nuclear and non-nuclear assets.
• Interpreting drawings, manuals, and safety reports for compliance.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders across engineering and safety teams.

Skills

Mechanical engineering background

Maintenance experience

Understanding of nuclear safety

Education

Higher National Certificate (HNC) in engineering discipline

Job description

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. As a Maintenance Substantiation Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be a key member 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Producing and amending maintenance documentation for nuclear and non-nuclear assets.
• 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.
• Working to agreed budgets and timescales.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders across engineering and safety teams.

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

Essential Experience

• Proven background in mechanical engineering, ideally with maintenance experience.
• Experience in process systems, mechanical handling, or building services.
• Understanding of nuclear safety case substantiation (training provided).
• Willingness to work in radiologically controlled areas, at height, or in confined spaces (training provided).

Qualifications

• 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

• 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‑day 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.

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