Principal Designer - Structural Discipline

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Dunfermline, Rosyth; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Principal Designer – Structural Discipline to lead structural design for vital projects supporting the Royal Navy and global clients. The ideal candidate will have significant design experience, strong CAD skills, and a solid understanding of Naval Architecture. This role offers flexible working patterns, including hybrid options, and a comprehensive benefits package including a matched pension scheme and employee share scheme.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Holiday Trading options

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a design environment.
• Ability to produce and review drawings according to ISO standards.
• Experience offering technical guidance in team settings.

Responsibilities

• Allocate tasks and check outputs within your team.
• Advise on methods and provide technical guidance.
• Act as a contact point for engineering and stakeholders.
• Assist in resolving production and technical issues.

Skills

Strong CAD skills

Excellent communication abilities

Understanding of Naval Architecture

Relationship building across teams

Education

Experience in a naval marine design environment

Job description

Principal Designer – Structural Discipline

Location: Rosyth, Fife, Devonport, Plymouth or Bristol

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the Future of Naval Engineering

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Designer – Structural Discipline at one of our various sites.

The role

As a Principal Designer, you’ll be at the heart of our Marine business, leading structural design activities that support critical projects for the Royal Navy and international clients. This is your chance to make a tangible impact on national security while advancing your career in a dynamic and innovative environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Allocate discipline tasks to your team, check outputs, and ensure coordination across disciplines.
• Advise on methods and tools, providing technical guidance to Senior Designers and Designers.
• Produce and review drawings for basic, detail, and production design in line with ISO standards.
• Act as a key point of contact for engineering colleagues and stakeholders, contributing to design reviews.
• Assist in resolving production and technical issues throughout the design lifecycle.

You’ll work 36 hours per week, with hybrid working patterns available (typically 2–3 days onsite). Travel to other Babcock sites may be required.

Essential experience of the Principal Designer – Structural Discipline:

• Demonstrable experience in a design environment.
• Strong CAD skills and excellent communication abilities.
• Sound understanding of Naval Architecture and Marine Structures design processes.
• Ability to build close working relationships across technical teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications for the Principal Designer – Structural Discipline:

• Experience in a naval marine design environment is essential.

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.

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.