Senior Mechanical Engineer

Babcock International Group; Rosyth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock International Group is hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer for their Rosyth site. The role involves mechanical design work for marine systems, mentoring engineers, and ensuring compliance with industry codes. It's a full-time, permanent position offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant relevant experience in a Senior or Lead role required.
• Experience in Defence, Pharmaceutical, or Oil & Gas industry preferred.
• Familiarity with design codes ASME VIII, ASTM, BS and EN.

Responsibilities

• Perform Mechanical Engineering design work for marine cargo handling systems.
• Support fellow Engineers and Graduates.
• Provide technical communication with clients and regulatory bodies.

Skills

Mentoring

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

MathCAD

Design Solutions

Technical Communication

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Chartered accreditation (preferable)

Job description

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Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF63962

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 Mechanical Engineer at our Rosyth site.

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF63962

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 Mechanical Engineer at our Rosyth site.

Through expert engineering, procurement, project management and aftermarket support – combined with world-leading technologies – Babcock’s Liquid Gas Equipment (LGE) business future-proofs our customers’ assets, allowing improved performance while reducing operational costs and meeting ever-tightening environmental and emission regulations.

The role

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer you’ll perform all Mechanical Engineering design work in support of winning and delivering projects for our key customers, ensuring that the business maintains its position as the world leader in the delivery of marine cargo handling systems for the transportation and storage of liquefied gas. You will also design activities associated with marine and onshore liquefied gas plants, ensuring safe and economical design while striving for continuous improvement and support the design of process piping systems, including all integrated mechanical equipment, to satisfy client technical specifications.

Day to day, you’ll:

• Mentor and support fellow Mechanical Team Engineers and GraduatesPrepare technical datasheets, material lists, calculations, engineering reports and operating/installation/commissioning procedures.
• Review and check of piping isometrics, system drawings and bill of materials.
• Support the develop Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID’s).
• Provide technical communication with regulatory bodies (ie marine classification societies), clients and vendors to resolve technical issues that arise.
• Infrequently visit ship yards, vendors, in-service vessels and other locations as required for activities including equipment commissioning/testing,
• Tests, vendor/client technical discussions etc.
  
  
  

This role is full time, Monday to Friday and is based in Rosyth with hybrid working arrangements - 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home

Essential Experience Of The Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Previous experience in a Senior or Lead role
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and MathCADProven track record of successfully delivering design solutions.
• Experience gained in a similar position ideally from a highly regulated industry. This could be from but is not limited to Defence, Pharmaceutical or Oil & Gas
• Experience working to design codes ASME VIII, ASTM, BS and EN
• Experience of the following is desirable: Piping and piping components (valves, pipe supports, etc), Pressure vessels, Hydraulic systems & equipment,
• Mechanical process equipment (pumps, compressors, etc), Material selection, Manufacturing/fabrication methods, Structural design and analysis, Vibration analysis and mitigation, Pipe stress analysis, Cryogenic piping applications.
  
  
  

Qualifications For The Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Significant relevant experience
• Preferably with Chartered accreditation.
  
  
  

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 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.

Closing date: 15/07/2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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