Senior Environmental Engineer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and sustainability company is seeking a Senior Environmental Engineer to join their team in the UK. In this role, you will provide environmental expertise for projects supporting the operational capability of the UK’s nuclear submarine fleet. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of environmental legislation, proven experience in environmental assessments, and a degree in a relevant field. This position offers hybrid working arrangements and competitive compensation.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Development opportunities and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation and sustainability principles.
• Proven experience in environmental assurance and impact assessments.
• Track record of delivering projects to time, cost and quality.

Responsibilities

• Provide environmental expertise across complex engineering projects.
• Produce and assure high-level environmental documentation for safety cases.
• Advise on sustainability and compliance with environmental legislation.

Skills

Environmental legislation knowledge

Environmental assurance and impact assessments

Technical report production

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

Location: Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ; Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

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Senior Environmental Engineer

Job Title: Senior Environmental Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £58,105 dependent upon experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the Future of Defence and Sustainability

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 Environmental Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard or Babcock Technology Centre sites.

The role

As a Senior Environmental Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of projects that protect our environment while supporting the operational capability of the UK’s nuclear submarine fleet. This is a unique opportunity to influence design changes, assess environmental impacts and deliver solutions that make a real difference to national security and sustainability.

Day-to-day, you’ll act as a dedicated focal point for environmental expertise on behalf of Babcock, Submarine Support Engineering by:

• Providing environmental expertise across complex engineering projects.
• Producing and assuring high-level environmental documentation for safety cases.
• Advising on sustainability and compliance with environmental legislation.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to mitigate environmental risks.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with regular travel between Devonport Royal Dockyard and Babcock Technology Centre.

Please note there is a requirement for the successful candidate to enter industrial areas.

Essential experience

• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation and sustainability principles.
• Proven experience in environmental assurance and impact assessments.
• Track record of delivering projects to time, cost and quality.
• Skilled in producing technical reports and environmental evidence.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, or significant experience in environmental management.

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.

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.

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.