Structures Engineer

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company is seeking a Structures Engineer for their Bristol site. The role involves structural assessments, designs for shock survivability, and managing structural defects, offering hybrid working arrangements. Applicants should have a degree in a STEM discipline and experience in relevant analysis software. This position comes with generous benefits and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension contribution

Access to Digital GP services

Employee share scheme

Paid professional fees

10-days special leave for reservists

Volunteering leave

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience with structural assessment methods, standards, and codes.
• Proficiency with finite element analysis software like Ansys.
• Strong project management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structural assessments using calculations and Finite Element Analysis.
• Design for explosive shock survivability.
• Manage and assess structural defects.

Skills

Familiarity with structural assessment methods

Experience in finite element analysis software such as Ansys

Effective project management and communication skills

Excellent organisational skills

Education

Degree qualified in a STEM discipline

Job description

Job Title: Structures Engineer

Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65017

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 Structures Engineer, at our Bristol site.

The role

As a Structures Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Babcock Submarine Support Engineering’s (SSE) mission is to deliver submarine programme and engineering excellence through enterprise collaboration, innovation and analytics. Within Babcock SSE, the Constructive Group support the Royal Navy Submarine Fleet through the Structures, Naval Architecture, Seamanship and Outfitting and Design Change disciplines.

Day-to-day, you’ll work on a wide range of projects on complex assets of submarine structures expertise across the defence sector with fantastic opportunities to learn and continue your professional development.

• Structural assessment using hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis
• Design and assessment for explosive shock survivability
• Technical investigations and feasibility studies
• Management and assessment of structural defects
• Structural safety certification and Support to future platform projects.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Structures Engineer

• Familiarity with structural assessment methods, standards and codes.
• Experience in finite element analysis software such as Ansys
• Effective project management, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise effectively and deliver in a complex environment.

Qualifications for the Structures Engineer

• Degree qualified in a STEM discipline (or equivalent experience).

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 GOV.UK: United Kingdom Security Vetting clearance levels.

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: 30/09/2025