Operation Support Engineer

Babcock; Torpoint; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Aviva DigiCare+

Employee shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Reserved for volunteering leave

Job summary

Babcock is seeking an Operation Support Engineer for our Warship Support division at the Plymouth Devonport Dockyard. This full-time, on-site role runs 35 hours per week from 07:30 to 15:00, with overtime opportunities and a focus on maintaining Royal Navy warships.

You will coordinate maintenance tasks, write safety documentation and liaise with contractors and customers, while ensuring work is delivered safely and in line with BPSS/SC clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience using Microsoft Office for documentation and coordination.
• Knowledge of health and safety principles within an operational or engineering environment.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders and contractors.
• Previous experience within a marine, shipbuilding, ship repair or defence environment would be advantageous.
• Experience gained within scaffolding, painting, slinging or other itinerant trades would be beneficial.
• Candidates must be capable of carrying out the physical requirements of the role, including working onboard ships, in confined spaces and in physically demanding environments.
• We will consider candidates from different backgrounds or education levels, provided you can demonstrate the required experience and/or willingness to learn.
• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Responsibilities

• Create management tasks, work packages and control documentation to support maintenance activities.
• Write risk assessments, method statements and other safety-related documentation.
• Liaise with contractors, customers and stakeholders to coordinate project activities.
• Support the oversight and coordination of specialist subcontractors working on-site.
• Manage scaffold requests and ensure work requirements are processed efficiently and within project timescales.
• Support the safe and efficient maintenance, repair and refit of Royal Navy warships.
• Coordinate critical engineering and operational activities within our Warship Support business.
• Work collaboratively with engineers, subcontractors and project teams to ensure work is planned, documented and delivered safely and effectively.

Skills

MS Office

Health & Safety

Stakeholder coordination

Marine/Defence experience

Physical fitness

Willingness to learn

Job description

Salary: £30,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• Experience using Microsoft Office applications, particularly for documentation and coordination activities.
• Knowledge of health and safety principles within an operational or engineering environment.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders and contractors.
• Previous experience within a marine, shipbuilding, ship repair or defence environment would be advantageous.
• Experience gained within scaffolding, painting, slinging or other itinerant trades would be beneficial.
• Candidates must be capable of carrying out the physical requirements of the role, including working onboard ships, in confined spaces and in physically demanding environments.
• We will consider candidates from different backgrounds or education levels, provided you can demonstrate the required experience and/or willingness to learn.
• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Responsibilities

• Create management tasks, work packages and control documentation to support maintenance activities.
• Write risk assessments, method statements and other safety-related documentation.
• Liaise with contractors, customers and stakeholders to coordinate project activities.
• Support the oversight and coordination of specialist subcontractors working on-site.
• Manage scaffold requests and ensure work requirements are processed efficiently and within project timescales.
• Support the safe and efficient maintenance, repair and refit of Royal Navy warships.
• Coordinate critical engineering and operational activities within our Warship Support business.
• Work collaboratively with engineers, subcontractors and project teams to ensure work is planned, documented and delivered safely and effectively.

Technologies

• Support
• Security

More

We are Babcock, a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference. This full-time, permanent Operation Support Engineer role is based on-site at our Plymouth, Devon site at Devonport Dockyard, working 35 hours per week from 07:30 to 15:00, with overtime opportunities available. The role supports the maintenance, repair and refit of Royal Navy warships within our Warship Support business, offering valuable experience in a complex marine engineering environment and a career with one of the UKs leading defence organisations. We offer a generous holiday allowance, matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance, access to a Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+, an employee shopping savings portal, payment of professional fees, special paid leave for reservists, holiday trading and paid volunteering leave. We are a disability confident committed employer, support reasonable adjustments, and are happy to discuss flexible working and alternative patterns of work at interview.

last updated 36 week of 2026