Principal Electrical Engineer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence contractor in Devonport is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer. In this role, you will lead the design and delivery of electrical systems for Astute Class submarines. This position involves collaborating with engineering teams, ensuring compliance with specifications, and requires the ability to maintain security clearance. The role offers hybrid working arrangements and an excellent benefits package, including a matched pension scheme and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

Volunteering day

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical engineering design, particularly in defence or complex projects.
• Ability to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage technical design packages.
• Review sub-contractor designs for compliance.
• Collaborate across engineering functions.
• Maintain engineering configuration through change control.
• Support delivery of safe electrical engineering solutions.

Skills

Technical design management

Collaborative engineering

Change control

Electrical systems knowledge

Job description

Principal Electrical Engineer

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Full time / Permanent

Job Title: Principal Electrical Engineer

Shape the Future of Defence Infrastructure

The role

As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of one of the UK’s most significant defence infrastructure programmes. You’ll lead the design and delivery of electrical systems that support the maintenance of Astute Class submarines - critical assets in national defence. This is a career-defining opportunity to contribute to a programme that will shape the future of naval engineering while accelerating your own professional growth.

Day-to-day, you’ll support the delivery of electrical systems as part of the Electrical Engineering Team in Devonport.

• Leading and managing one or more technical design packages, ensuring requirements are met throughout the design process
• Providing technical design guidance and reviewing sub-contractor designs for compliance with specifications and standards
• Collaborating across engineering functions and stakeholders to integrate designs and manage interfaces
• Maintaining the engineering configuration of the design intent through effective change control
• Supporting the delivery of safe, compliant and innovative electrical engineering solutions

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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.
• ‘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 is 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.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.