Production Engineer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Kirkcaldy; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Production Engineer for the Type 31 Frigate Programme at Rosyth. This role involves providing engineering support alongside dynamic project teams, contributing to the successful delivery of complex naval programmes. With a hybrid working arrangement and competitive benefits, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a cutting-edge defence initiative.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Professional fees coverage

Paid leave for reservists

Additional leave trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven ability to plan complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Skilled in ERP software (IFS) and Office applications.
• Background in production and engineering is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide Production and Project Engineering support to teams.
• Liaise with stakeholders to ensure project milestones.
• Identify and resolve blockers in the production schedule.

Skills

Project Planning Expertise

Technical Proficiency

Industry Experience

Software Knowledge

Education

Formal Engineering qualifications

Tools

IFS

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Project

Primavera

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Production Engineer

Location:

Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Production Engineer - Type 31 Frigate Programme
Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full-Time / 52-Week Fixed-Term Contract
Role ID: SF63446

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 Type 31 Production Engineer at our Rosyth site.

The role
As a T31 Production Engineer you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most exciting naval programmes. The Type 31 frigate – also known as the Inspiration-class – is a cutting-edge, adaptable warship designed to support global maritime operations. Built for agility, innovation, and international collaboration, the T31 is a symbol of modern naval capability.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide Production and Project Engineering support to the Civil Nuclear Programme Production teams through identification of work scope requirements / gaps, system validations, handovers, and system test requirements. You'll support and co-ordinate all requirements to achieve construction, assembly, testing and training in accordance with T31 programme/project requirements.

• Support the delivery of civil nuclear programmes and milestones.
• Liaison with key project stakeholders such as Production, Procurement, Engineering (Rosyth, BCNS & Client) and Planning teams.
• Work effectively within a team environment to ensure project milestones are delivered to time cost and quality requirements.
• Work ahead of Production to identify free to run work fronts and identify early the blockers for resolution ahead of production schedule requirements.
• Highlight cause and effect of schedule non-compliance and assist in providing solutions to minimise the effect of schedule movement
• Use of IFS for control & status reporting, working with all stake holders to ensure compliance and assist in solutions where gaps are identified.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week, and is offered on a 52-week fixed-term contract basis and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Production Engineer

• Project Planning Expertise: Proven ability to plan complex, multi-disciplinary projects is essential.
• Industry Experience: Background in production, engineering, and planning is advantageous; structural, fabrication, or electrical manufacturing experience is desirable, but not essential
• Technical Proficiency:Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MSP, and familiar with Primavera.
• Software Knowledge: Experience with IFS (Enterprise Resource Planning software) is required.
• Work Environment: Demonstrated success in dynamic production or project-based environments.

Qualifications for the Production Engineer

• Formal Engineering qualifications

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.