Senior Systems Engineer

weServed; West of England; Híbrido; GBP 33.000 - 56.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Flexibility and wellbeing programmes

Descripción de la vacante

Babcock is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for its Devonport Royal Dockyard or Babcock Technology Centre sites with hybrid working arrangements in the UK. You will lead major engineering projects across Naval Nuclear programmes, shaping engineering excellence and delivering solutions to complex challenges while maintaining safety and security standards.

Responsibilities include steering project planning, cost control, stakeholder communications, and governance improvements.

Formación

• Degree or Level 5 qualification in a relevant STEM discipline OR substantial relevant experience can be considered.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out project management activities including planning, delivery and cost control.
• Liaise with customers and stakeholders to present solutions, progress and outcomes.
• Lead transversal engineering projects and deliver technical solutions to complex engineering problems.
• Implement engineering processes, governance and capability plans that improve how we operate.
• Undertake engineering investigations, producing clear reports and recommendations.

Conocimientos

Project management

Stakeholder liaison

Cross-functional leadership

System engineering

Educación

STEM degree or Level 5

Descripción del empleo

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon or Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Faslane, Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: up to £55,800 depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF72771

Lead Engineering That Protects Our Nations’s Future

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

The role

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping engineering excellence across our Naval Nuclear programmes. This is your opportunity to lead significant engineering projects that directly support the Royal Navy’s operational capability, work that is innovative, meaningful and nationally important.

Day-to-day, you’ll be part of our Whole Boat & Platform Systems Engineering team, helping to drive engineering performance, improve processes, and influence how complex engineering systems are delivered.

• Carry out project management activities including planning, delivery and cost control.
• Liaise with customers and stakeholders to present solutions, progress and outcomes.
• Lead transversal engineering projects and deliver technical solutions to complex engineering problems.
• Implement engineering processes, governance and capability plans that improve how we operate.
• Undertake engineering investigations, producing clear reports and recommendations.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Systems Engineer

• Understanding and delivery of system technical requirements.
• Familiarity with commercial and subcontract processes.
• Experience driving innovation and improving engineering effectiveness and efficiency.
• Proven experience managing projects in fast‑moving environments, delivering on time, on budget and to quality standards.

Qualifications for the Senior Systems Engineer

• Degree or Level 5 qualification in a relevant STEM discipline OR substantial relevant experience can be considered.

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.

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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

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: 29/10/2026

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