Safety Engineer

Babcock International; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Safety Engineer in Plymouth, where you will impact the operational readiness of the nation's nuclear submarine fleet. This hybrid role offers engaging responsibilities including safety advice, project management, and a strong focus on safety engineering. Enjoy benefits such as generous holidays, a robust pension scheme, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance

Digital GP access and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering work

Excellent development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in Safety Engineering and/or Submarine Systems/Engineering.
• Defense background desirable.
• Ability to maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety and environmental advice to industry.
• Manage and assure technical projects related to safety and environment.
• Support the operational capability of the nuclear submarine fleet.

Skills

Safety Engineering

Project Management

Environmental Advice

Education

STEM qualification

CEng or IEng accredited or working towards

Job description

Job Title: Safety Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43,935 - £49,104 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66060

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 Safety Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Safety Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is your opportunity to make a real impact in support of the operational capability of the nation’s nuclear submarine fleet and the continuous nuclear deterrent by joining our Submarine Support Engineering group.

Day-to-day, you’ll support the delivery of technical outputs including:

• Providing safety and environmental advice to industry
• Production of safety and environmental technical outputs.
• Project management and technical assurance of safety and environment projects

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.

Essential experience of the Safety Engineer

• Understanding of Safety Engineering and/or Submarine Systems/Engineering
• Defence background (desirable)

Qualifications for the Safety Engineer

• STEM qualification
• CEng or IEng accredited or working towards

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 atUnited 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 the majority of 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
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 [e-mail] 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: 31/07/2025

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