Mechanical and Electrical Building Surveyor

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services firm in the UK is seeking a Mechanical and Electrical Building Surveyor. This full-time role offers hybrid working arrangements, where you'll conduct vital surveys and produce technical reports for asset compliance while contributing to national security efforts. Essential qualifications include a degree in Building Services and strong communication skills. The position provides a competitive salary, security clearance requirements, and numerous employee benefits including a pension scheme and development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and demonstrate strong self‑motivation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• In‑depth understanding of building services and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct building services asset surveys across various building types.
• Produce detailed technical reports and specifications for customers.
• Assess asset condition and recommend works for compliance.

Skills

Strong self-motivation

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

In-depth understanding of building services and regulations

Experience producing technical reports

Knowledge of compliance standards

Education

Degree or HND in Building Services or similar

Membership of a relevant professional institute

Job description

Mechanical and Electrical Building Surveyor

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Yes – Hybrid Working Arrangements available.

Job Title: Mechanical and Electrical Building Surveyor
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £40,098 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70149

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 Mechanical and Electrical Building Surveyor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Mechanical and Electrical Building Surveyor, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on national security while advancing your career in a dynamic and growing sector.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll provide a vital building services asset surveying service to our customers, including the Ministry of Defence and Babcock Plant Managers, under the Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP) contract. Your work will determine asset condition, ensure statutory compliance, and identify essential works to maintain operational readiness.

• Conducting building services asset surveys across a variety of building types
• Producing detailed technical reports and specifications for customers
• Assessing asset condition and recommending works for compliance and maintenance
• Interrogating technical information for KPI reporting
• Creating technical drawings and supporting regulatory compliance

This role is full time 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience

• Ability to work independently and demonstrate strong self‑motivation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• In‑depth understanding of building services and regulations
• Experience producing technical reports and specifications
• Knowledge of compliance standards and ability to produce technical drawings

Qualifications

• Degree or HND in Building Services or similar - Desirable
• Membership of a relevant professional institute - Desirable

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

• 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.

About 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.

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