Production Engineer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; West Devon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Production Engineer to coordinate production for Royal Navy projects. This role combines technical expertise with collaboration, impacting national security. Candidates should have NVQ Level 3 in Engineering and experience in managing Bills of Materials. The position offers a robust compensation package and development opportunities, requiring onsite presence in Devonport.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP access

Employee share scheme

Reservists in armed forces paid leave

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Holiday Trading benefits

Qualifications

• Ability to create and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Understanding milling, turning, and drilling activities.
• Knowledge of material specifications.
• Ability to write and deliver technical reports.
• Skilled in interpreting technical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate production control activities for Royal Navy projects.
• Process equipment survey reports and order materials.
• Provide technical support for bids on new work.
• Plan work scopes for projects and control documentation.
• Estimate work packages, including labor and material.

Skills

Bills of Materials (BOMs)

Milling, turning, and drilling

Material specifications

Technical reporting

Interpreting technical drawings

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or Manufacturing

Job description

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Production Engineer

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Production Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £38,084 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63179

Shape the Future of Defence Engineering – Join Us as a Production Engineer

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 Production Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Production Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of delivering critical defence projects that keep the Royal Navy operational. This role blends technical expertise with dynamic collaboration, giving you the chance to make a real impact on national security while advancing your career in a world-class engineering environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll coordinate production control activities to support equipment repair and overhaul for Royal Navy Submarine and Warship programs, ensuring timely delivery, quality compliance, and effective collaboration with customers and internal teams.

• Process equipment survey reports, identifying and ordering additional materials, sub-contracts, and labour requirements.
• Provide technical support to bids for new work and variations on current projects.
• Plan assigned work scopes for projects/contracts to enable control documentation for Production teams.
• Estimate work packages, including labour and material requirements.

This role is full time 35, hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Production Engineer

• Experience creating and maintaining Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Understanding of milling, turning, and drilling activities.
• Knowledge of material specifications.
• Ability to write and deliver technical reports.
• Skilled in interpreting technical drawings.

Qualifications for the Production Engineer

• NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or Manufacturing discipline (or equivalent technical experience).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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 portalPayment 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.

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