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Location: Faslane, Helensburgh, GB, G84 8HL

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: Up to £53,000 depending on experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64345

Create a Safer World with Babcock

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical Design Engineer at Faslane, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

As an Electrical Design Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of maintaining and improving critical infrastructure that supports national defence. This is your chance to make a tangible impact on safety, security, and operational excellence while advancing your career in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

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

• Act as Technical Authority for Electrical Services at HMNB Clyde, representing Babcock Marine in technical and organisational meetings.
• Survey and inspect assets across HMNB Clyde, applying MoD Defence Estates asset grading standards.
• Champion safety, security, quality, and environmental standards within the Facility Design section.
• Deliver electrical and building services designs for projects under £25k and oversee third-party designs for larger projects.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards while optimising client investment.

This is a full-time role (36 hours per week, Monday to Thursday) based at our Faslane site, with hybrid working arrangements available.

• Proven experience in Electrical Design roles.
• Strong knowledge of electrical systems and equipment within large commercial site operations.
• Understanding of statutory and regulatory requirements such as DSEAR.
• Working knowledge of engineering drawings and electrical calculations.

• Recognised Apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 18th Edition City & Guilds.
• City & Guilds 2395 Periodic Inspection Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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) .

• 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.

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.

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