Senior Naval Architect

Babcock International; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Naval Architect in Devonport, Plymouth. This full-time, prestigious position involves developing naval designs and supporting a shipbuilding program. Candidates should have proven naval architecture experience, software proficiency, and relevant qualifications. The role offers competitive compensation and significant professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Be Kind Day for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven naval architecture design experience from a highly regulated industry.
• Ideally degree-qualified in an engineering discipline.
• Must achieve and maintain SC security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and produce substantiation reports for marine solutions.
• Liaise with design teams and stakeholders for coordination.
• Develop innovative design solutions with robust engineering substantiation.
• Provide solutions to manufacturing and installation issues.
• Support design reviews and ensure compliance with recognised standards.

Skills

Proven naval architecture design experience

Proficiency with analytical software

Experience contributing to design reviews

Education

Degree in an engineering discipline (HND/HNC considered)

Membership of relevant institution (e.g., RINA, IET)

Tools

Paramarine

NAPA

FORAN

Maxsurf

FEA

CFD

CAD

Job description

Job Title: Senior Naval Architect

Location: Devonport, Plymouth

Compensation: £51,941 - £63,443

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the Future of Naval Engineering

About Us

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Naval Architect at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon.

The role

As a Senior Naval Architect, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is a highly prestigious position within our complex shipbuilding programme, where you’ll develop designs through concept and early-stage design and support the bidding process. Your work will make a real difference — not only to our customers and national security but also to your own career development and personal growth.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Prepare and produce substantiation reports for marine solutions throughout all design lifecycle phases.
• Liaise with design teams and stakeholders to ensure coordination and functionality of system designs.
• Develop innovative design solutions with robust engineering substantiation.
• Provide solutions to manufacturing and installation issues by resolving technical and production queries.
• Support design reviews and ensure compliance with recognised standards.

This role is full-time and is a hybrid role with 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience

• Proven naval architecture design experience from a highly regulated industry.
• Proficiency with analytical software such as Paramarine, NAPA, FORAN, Maxsurf, FEA, CFD and/or CAD.
• Experience contributing to design reviews.

Qualifications

• Ideally degree-qualified in an engineering discipline (HND/HNC with extensive experience considered).
• Membership of a relevant institution (e.g., RINA, IET, IMechE, IMarEst) and Chartered or Incorporated status (or working towards).

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.

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: 09/12/2025

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