Risk Engineer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense organization is seeking a Risk Engineer to contribute to project management and risk assurance at the Devonport Royal Dockyard. This full-time position offers a hybrid working model where you will support the Risk Manager and collaborate on submarine maintenance projects. Essential skills include risk management awareness and strong communication abilities, underpinned by relevant qualifications in engineering or project management. The role also requires the ability to achieve Security Check clearance. Comprehensive benefits are provided, including a matched pension scheme and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Health check and nutritional consultations

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for armed forces reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Welcoming individuals with a degree or equivalent experience in engineering, project management, or risk management.
• Professional risk management certification is preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the Risk Manager to maintain compliance with risk policies.
• Collaborate with project teams during planning and execution.
• Ensure risk registers meet quality standards.
• Assist in producing risk reports for management.

Skills

Awareness of risk management principles

Strong communication skills

Analytical mindset

Team collaboration

Excellent organizational skills

Education

Relevant degree in engineering or project management

Professional risk management certification

Job description

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Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Risk Engineer

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70534

Shape the Future of Naval Defence – Join Us as a Risk 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 Risk Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Risk Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of an exciting transformation across our project management and control functions, driving world-class delivery performance on submarine maintenance projects. Your work will make a real difference, ensuring projects critical to national security run smoothly and efficiently. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in defence and engineering while contributing to something bigger.

Day-to-day, you’ll support the Risk Manager to maintain standards and compliance with organisational risk policies.

• Collaborate with joint Project teams during planning and execution phases
• Ensure project risk registers meet quality and compliance standards
• Record and document risk management progress for audit and lessons learned
• Assist in producing risk reports for senior management and customer review

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3-4 days in the office/onsite and 1-2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Risk Engineer

• Awareness of risk management principles and processes
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Analytical and investigative mindset with attention to detail
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team
• Excellent organisational and writing skills

Qualifications for the Risk Engineer

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience in engineering, project management, or risk management
• Professional risk management certification (preferred but not 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

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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