Senior Naval Architect

Facade Today; Helensburgh; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme with life assurance

Digital GP, annual health check

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists in the armed forces receive

Be Kind Day – paid leave for volunteer

Job summary

Babcock in Helensburgh is seeking a Senior Naval Architect to tackle technically complex, non-routine submarine engineering work. You will influence vessels to meet stringent safety, regulatory and classification standards while supporting defence programmes.

Day-to-day you will deliver surveys, provide technical assurance across Babcock, subcontractors and suppliers, ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks, mentor junior engineers, and engage stakeholders to maintain quality, safety and

Qualifications

• Knowledge of defence, British, and classification standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with nuclear submarines and understanding of structural integrity, systems and ops.
• MoD organisations and survey documentation processes.
• Application of safe systems of work, including COSHH and risk assessments.
• Experience in quality assurance and compliance environments.

Responsibilities

• Delivering survey activity and close-out in line with contract requirements and performance measures.
• Providing technical assurance through auditing, review, and approval of surveys across Babcock, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Ensuring compliance with defence, regulatory, and classification standards.
• Supporting the Principal Naval Architect with technical leadership and mentoring of junior colleagues.
• Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to maintain quality, safety, and operational excellence.

Skills

Survey activity

Technical leadership

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Chartered Engineer status

Tools

Hull Inspection training

Painting Inspector Level 1 - ICorr

Job description

Location:

Helensburgh, GB, G84 8HL

Onsite or Hybrid:

Hybrid

Job Title:

Senior Naval Architect

Job Location:

Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:

£48,000 - £58,000 + Benefits

Role Type:

Full time / Permanent

Role ID:

SF72738

Shape the future of submarine engineering

The role

As a Senior Naval Architect, you'll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll take on technically complex, non-routine engineering work that sits at the heart of the UK’s submarine enterprise. This is a role with real influence ensuring vessels meet stringent safety, regulatory, and classification standards, while supporting operational excellence across critical defence programmes.

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

• Delivering survey activity and close-out in line with contract requirements and performance measures
• Providing technical assurance through auditing, review, and approval of surveys across Babcock, subcontractors, and suppliers
• Ensuring compliance with defence, regulatory, and classification standards
• Supporting the Principal Naval Architect with technical leadership and mentoring of junior colleagues
• Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to maintain quality, safety, and operational excellence

Please note that this position involves working in confined spaces. Candidates must be able to work comfortably and perform tasks in restricted spaces.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday, 07:15 - 16:45 and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 1 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Naval Architect

• Working knowledge of relevant defence, British, and classification society standards and regulatory frameworks
• Experience with nuclear submarines, understanding structural integrity, systems, and operational requirements
• Knowledge of Ministry of Defence organisations and survey documentation processes
• Application of safe systems of work, including COSHH and risk assessments
• Experience in quality assurance and compliance environments

Qualifications for the Senior Naval Architect

• Chartered Engineer status as a Naval Architect or Maritime Constructive Engineer, or equivalent demonstrable submarine structural experience
• Hull Inspection, Damage and Repair training
• Painting Inspector Level 1 - ICorr would be advantageous

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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

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: 02/07/2026

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