Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major defense contractor in Bristol seeks a Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer. This full-time role involves leading design activities on advanced systems, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The position offers hybrid working with 3 days onsite and generous benefits, including health and wellness support. Applicants must be UK nationals capable of achieving security clearance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Qualifications

• Significant demonstrable experience in electrical design and engineering.
• Knowledge of compliance and regulatory standards.
• Experience leading multi-discipline teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical design activities in electrical labs.
• Integrate compliance standards into designs.
• Mentor junior engineers and support their development.

Skills

Electrical design

Control systems

PLC programming

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Education

HNC in a relevant discipline

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

Teamcenter

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67224

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 Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer at Ashton Vale, Bristol.

The Role

As a Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer, you’ll be part of a specialist team delivering launch control systems for UK submarines - some of the most advanced and complex systems in the world. Your expertise will shape the future of defence technology, ensuring our systems meet the highest standards of safety, reliability, and innovation. This is a career-defining opportunity to lead technical design, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to national security while growing your own skills in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Lead electrical design activities and contribute to hands-on work in our electrical labs
• Integrate compliance and regulatory standards into current and future designs
• Familiarise yourself with system architecture and drive technical upgrades
• Provide guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and engage with internal and external stakeholders

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days onsite and 2 days working from home. You may be required onsite as and when required by the business.

Essential Experience

• Working collaboratively in multi-discipline teams and reporting to project leads or customers.
• Applying engineering compliance and regulatory standards to design work.
• Demonstrating technical knowledge in control systems, instrumentation, motor control, electronics, and PLC programming.
• Using electrical design software and interpreting circuit diagrams (AutoCAD Electrical desirable).
• Supporting and developing junior team members.

Qualifications

• HNC (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline with significant demonstrable experience.
• Experience with Document Management Systems (Teamcenter desirable).
• Familiarity with ATEX and equipment used in hazardous areas (advantageous).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 GOV.UK: United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels.

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 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.