Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer

weServed; Helensburgh; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme, +

Digital GP and Aviva DigiCare+ health

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists in the armed forces receive

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock at HMNB Clyde Faslane is seeking a Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer to safeguard critical electrical infrastructure supporting UK naval and nuclear defence. Lead specialist teams, ensure safety, compliance, and operational readiness at a high-security site.

You will provide technical leadership, coordinate engineers, and work within a hybrid model with flexible hours. Requires SC clearance and experience in regulated industries.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical maintenance and infrastructure environments.
• LV systems fault finding, inspection, testing and maintenance.
• Experience in regulated or safety-critical industries such as defence or utilities.
• Knowledge of electrical compliance requirements and safety regulations.
• Experience leading or coordinating engineering teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead specialist electrical teams to deliver planned and reactive maintenance safely and on schedule.
• Provide technical expertise for electrical infrastructure, fault finding and testing.
• Monitor asset performance, identify risks, and drive improvements.
• Engage with customers, contractors, and internal stakeholders at reviews and governance meetings.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, standards, and site safety requirements.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Low Voltage systems

Safety-critical environments

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Education

HNC/HND/NVQ Level 3/City & Guilds

Electrical engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

BS 7671 IET Wiring Regulations

Electrical testing equipment

Job description

Job Title: Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £48,000 - £58,000 depending on experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76608

Help maintain the critical infrastructure that supports the United Kingdom's defence capability

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 Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role

As a Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll take a leading role in safeguarding critical electrical infrastructure that supports the United Kingdom's naval and nuclear defence operations. This is far more than a traditional maintenance position. You'll provide technical leadership, coordinate specialist engineering teams, and ensure complex electrical systems remain safe, compliant, and operational at one of the country's most strategically important defence sites.

Day-to-day you'll be required to:

• Lead specialist electrical engineering teams to deliver planned and reactive maintenance activities safely, compliantly, and on schedule.
• Provide technical expertise for electrical infrastructure, supporting fault finding, inspections, testing, and engineering assurance activities.
• Monitor asset performance, identifying risks, prioritising actions, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Engage with customers, contractors, and internal stakeholders at technical reviews, safety forums, and governance meetings.
• Ensure compliance with statutory regulations, engineering standards, and site-specific safety requirements.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday 07:15 – 16:45. Flexible working arrangements and agile hours are available where business needs allow.

Essential experience of the Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer

• Proven experience within electrical maintenance and infrastructure environments.
• Experience working with Low Voltage electrical systems, including fault finding, inspection, testing, and maintenance.
• Experience operating within a highly regulated or safety‑critical industry such as defence, nuclear, utilities, marine, rail, oil and gas, or heavy industry.
• Strong knowledge of electrical compliance requirements, engineering standards, and safety regulations.
• Experience leading or coordinating engineering teams and managing multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications for the Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer

• Recognised qualification in Electrical Engineering such as HNC, HND, NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, Degree, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable competence in Low Voltage electrical systems, including inspection, testing, and maintenance.
• Knowledge of BS 7671 IET Wiring Regulations and electrical safe systems of work.
• Formal electrical engineering or maintenance qualification suitable for industrial or infrastructure environments

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 United 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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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.

Closing date: 19/11/2026

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