Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer – Defence Infra | Hybrid

Babcock International; Helensburgh; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

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Pension & life assurance

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Professional fees paid

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Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer at the HMNB Clyde Faslane site. The role focuses on safeguarding critical electrical infrastructure supporting the UK’s defence capability, with technical leadership, and coordination of engineering teams to keep systems safe, compliant, and operational.

Based at Helensburgh, the role is full‑time with hybrid working. You’ll lead fault finding, inspections, testing, and assurance activities while ensuring regulatory compliance and

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical maintenance and infrastructure environments.
• Low Voltage electrical systems: fault finding, inspection, testing, maintenance.
• Experience in regulated or safety‑critical industries (defence, nuclear, utilities, marine, rail, oil & gas, heavy industry).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Low Voltage systems

Electrical standards

Safety regulations

Education

HNC

HND

NVQ Level 3

City & Guilds

Degree

Job description

Babcock is seeking a Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer at the HMNB Clyde Faslane site. The role focuses on safeguarding critical electrical infrastructure supporting the UK’s defence capability, with technical leadership, and coordination of engineering teams to keep systems safe, compliant, and operational.

Based at Helensburgh, the role is full‑time with hybrid working. You’ll lead fault finding, inspections, testing, and assurance activities while ensuring regulatory compliance and