Senior Commissioning Engineer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading naval engineering company near Plymouth is looking for a Senior Commissioning Engineer – Electrical. You'll coordinate critical maintenance for submarines, ensuring safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate has extensive commissioning experience and a strong knowledge of submarine systems. This full-time position offers hybrid work arrangements and excellent benefits, including a matched pension scheme and health consultations.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Paid leave for volunteering work

Qualifications

• Extensive submarine commissioning experience across full maintenance projects.
• Strong knowledge of SSN submarine reactor, propulsion, and ship systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and develop electrical commissioning requirements.
• Represent the company at meetings with the MoD.
• Support risk management processes.

Skills

Submarine commissioning experience

Knowledge of SSN submarine systems

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

HNC in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Senior Commissioning Engineer

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Commissioning Engineer – Electrical

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67439

Shape the Future of Naval Engineering – Join Us as a Senior Commissioning Engineer

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Commissioning Engineer – Electrical at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon.

The role

As a Senior Commissioning Engineer – Electrical, you’ll be at the heart of delivering critical maintenance programmes for Astute Class submarines. Your expertise will ensure that commissioning activities meet the highest standards of safety, quality, and engineering excellence. This is a role where your decisions make a real difference, safeguarding national security and supporting the Royal Navy’s operational readiness.

Day-to-day, you’ll acti as the SME to provide support and guidance to the joint project teams to support the timely delivery of the programme.

• Coordinate and develop electrical commissioning requirements for Astute Class maintenance periods
• Represent Babcock at meetings with the MoD and other authorities
• Support risk management processes and maintain risk registers
• Ensure all commissioning activities meet professional engineering standards and nuclear safety constraints

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

Essential experience of the Senior Commissioning Engineer – Electrical

• Extensive submarine commissioning experience across full maintenance projects
• Strong knowledge of SSN submarine reactor, propulsion, and ship systems
• Proven ability to work with submarine commissioning, production and project teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt to changing environments and manage stakeholders effectively

Qualifications for the Senior Commissioning Engineer – Electrical

• HNC in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Nuclear Plant Foundation Course or equivalent (training will be provided if not held)
• Nuclear Practitioner Course or equivalent (training will be provided if not held)
• Dockyard Nuclear Systems Course or equivalent (training will be provided if not held)
• Submarine Quality Assurance Course (training will be provided if not held)

Security Clearance

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

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