Nuclear Facilities Electrical Engineer

weServed; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health check

Employee shopping portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists in the armed forces receive

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Nuclear Facilities Electrical Engineer to join the Devonport Royal Dockyard team near Plymouth, Devon. This full‑time, permanent role focuses on maintenance, repair and fault response for nuclear facilities, cranes and related systems.

You’ll work in a highly regulated, safety‑critical environment, carrying out inspections, testing, calibration and commissioning, ensuring safety, quality and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience carrying out maintenance, repair or breakdown work on heavy-duty engineering systems.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills across teams and stakeholders.
• Producing accurate technical documentation and records in a timely manner.
• Flexible to support shift patterns, including occasional weekend work.
• Ability to work safely at height.

Responsibilities

• Carry out inspection, testing, calibration and commissioning on nuclear facilities equipment and systems.
• Diagnose faults and identify effective corrective solutions to maintain operation.
• Coordinate maintenance, repair and breakdown activities with safety, quality, cost and time in mind.
• Record defects and emergent work with accurate documentation.
• Ensure compliance with nuclear safety standards and site licence conditions.

Skills

Maintenance & repair

Communication skills

Documentation

Shift flexibility

Height safety

Education

ONC/NVQ Level 3 in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Nuclear Facilities Electrical Engineer

Location: Devonport, Plymouth

Compensation: £33,900 – £48,800

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF77038

Help Keep Critical Nuclear Infrastructure Safe, Reliable and Operational

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Nuclear Facilities Electrical Engineer at Devonport Royal Dockyard, near Plymouth, Devon.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly successful engineering team responsible for the maintenance, repair and fault response of nuclear facilities, cranes and associated systems that support some of the UK's most critical defence infrastructure. You'll contribute to work that directly supports national security while developing your expertise in a highly regulated and technically challenging environment.

The role

As a Nuclear Facilities Electrical Engineer, you'll play a key role in ensuring the safe, reliable and efficient operation of nuclear facilities equipment and systems. Working within a specialist engineering team, you'll carry out inspection, testing, fault diagnosis, calibration and commissioning activities while helping to maintain the highest standards of nuclear safety, quality and engineering excellence.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Electrical Test Engineer or a qualified Electrical Fitter looking to take the next step in their career. You'll gain exposure to complex engineering challenges, develop specialist knowledge and make a meaningful contribution to essential national infrastructure.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Carrying out inspection, testing, calibration and commissioning activities on nuclear facilities equipment and systems.
• Diagnosing faults and identifying effective corrective solutions to maintain operational performance.
• Coordinating maintenance, repair and breakdown activities in line with safety, quality, cost and time requirements.
• Recording defects, deficiencies and emergent work through accurate technical documentation.
• Ensuring compliance with nuclear safety standards, site licence conditions and engineering procedures.

This is a full-time role based onsite at Devonport Royal Dockyard. The successful candidate will be expected to work a flexible schedule, including weekend shifts, as required. Working times include Dayshifts (Monday to Friday: 7:30am - 3:30pm) and Backshifts (Monday to Friday: 3:00pm – 11:00pm)

Essential experience of the Nuclear Facilities Electrical Engineer:

• Experience carrying out maintenance, repair or breakdown activities on heavy-duty engineering systems.
• Demonstrating strong communication and interpersonal skills when working across teams and stakeholders.
• Producing accurate technical documentation and records in a timely manner.
• Working flexibly to support shift patterns, including occasional weekend working when required.
• Ability to work safely at height.

Qualifications for the Nuclear Facilities Electrical Engineer:

Essential:

• ONC or NVQ Level 3 (or higher) in Electrical Engineering or Electronic Engineering.

Desirable:

• Experience within nuclear, electrical control and instrumentation, or crane maintenance environments.
• Testing, commissioning or fault-finding experience on complex electrical systems.

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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 12/11/2026