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Principal EC&I Engineer

Babcock International Group

Plymouth

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Job summary

A leading company seeks a Principal EC&I Engineer to join its team in Plymouth, Bristol, or Rosyth, offering hybrid working arrangements. The role involves delivering electrical and electronic engineering design in the marine sector, where you will drive innovation while ensuring compliance with relevant legislation. The ideal candidate has extensive experience, preferably in naval marine projects, and is qualified to at least degree level. The position includes a competitive salary of up to £69,555 along with generous benefits.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

Significant experience in Electrical/Electronic design engineering.
Experience on UK naval marine shipbuilding projects is a plus.
Familiarity with industry standards and configuration control systems.

Responsibilities

Deliver Electrical/Electronic aspects of marine system design.
Manage integration and ensure compliance with legislation.
Develop engineering design solutions across various platforms.

Skills

Electrical/Electronic engineering design

Problem-solving

Team leadership

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

HNC/HND equivalent

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Job Title: Principal EC&I Engineer

Location: Rosyth, Plymouth, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Up to £69,555 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF63671

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 Principal EC&I Engineer at one of our sites in Rosyth, Bristol, or Plymouth.

Job Title: Principal EC&I Engineer

Location: Rosyth, Plymouth, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Up to £69,555 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF63671

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 Principal EC&I Engineer at one of our sites in Rosyth, Bristol, or Plymouth.

The role

As a Principal EC&I Engineer you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll join a growing multi-disciplinary team within the Electrical Engineering Group (EEG)?

We currently have a vacancy for Principal EC&I Engineer at our sites in Plymouth, Bristol and Rosyth.

As an Principal EC&I Engineer, you will have the support of a large team of likeminded electrical and electronic engineers to give support to, and to learn and give support from; sharing best practice and enabling you to grow within your profession.

Day to day, you’ll be responsible for the delivery of Electrical/Electronic aspects of marine system design and ensure it complies with the relevant legislation. You will also manage the Integration using practical electrical, electronic combat and automation product solutions not only within the same disciplines but defining the interfaces with others constructively and mechanically.

Ensure that the technical requirements produced at product and sub-system levels meet the customers’ requirements and are able to verified and validated successfully.
Developing Electrical/Electronic engineering design solutions for a variety of different platforms across the full Engineering Lifecycle. This will include substantiating the integrity and performance of new system designs within their operating environments.
Provide electrical & electronic design support by preparing and checking design documentation, reviews, estimates and schedules, also, in support of tender responses requiring design input. Supervising, planning and controlling work to time, cost and quality.
Technical Authority for complex multi discipline tasks and projects. You will produce, review, and approve calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design basis documentation and technical reports, in accordance with project requirements.

This role is full time 37 hours and will be based at one of our locations: Rosyth, Bristol, or Plymouth. The role offers hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Principal EC&I Engineer:

High level of developed knowledge as the role is directly accountable for design development and determining solutions to problems and issues within the specialist subject area.
The ideal candidate will be a proven Principal Electrical/Electronic Design Engineer or Senior Engineer ready to take the next step with significant experience in overseeing projects and skilled in supporting and developing less experienced team members.
Experience working on UK naval marine shipbuilding projects or defence related design experience, but this is not essential. Electrical & Electronics experience in other industries would be considered including facilities, Oil & Gas and Aviation
Experience of operating in a defence or high safety integrity environment
Proven experience of relevant industry standards
Experience of all phases of the engineering lifecycle and configuration control systems

Qualifications for the Principal EC&I Engineer:

Qualified to degree level, or HNC/HND equivalent, coupled with significant experience in the relevant engineering discipline.
Ideally, you will be a member of a relevant institution (e.g. RINA, IET, IMechE, IMarEst etc.) and hold or working towards Chartered or Incorporated status or you will have significant demonstrable engineering experience and capable of registration with the Engineering Council at CEng level.

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 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 27/06/2025

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