Chief Engineer Assistant

1 month ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Babcock International Group Full time

Job Title: Assistant Chief Engineer – Communication Systems

Babcock International Group is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Assistant Chief Engineer to join our Mission Systems team. As a key member of our engineering leadership team, you will play a critical role in delivering strategic communication systems for Defence customers in the UK and overseas.

The Role

As an Assistant Chief Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and oversight to our Strategic Communications engineering teams, ensuring that our technical output is optimally compliant to customer requirements. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the appropriate level of independent assurance is applied to the technical output, including chairing design reviews and conducting independent review of deliverables.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

  • Provide governance and oversight of the technical work of the Strategic Communications engineering teams
  • Ensure that the appropriate level of independent assurance is applied to the technical output
  • Help grow the Strategic Communications business through supporting bids and business development activity
  • Provide subject matter expertise in the areas of communication systems and network design and support
  • Ensure technical risks and issues are being appropriately managed and mitigated
  • Ensure that our strategic communications solutions are safe to build, commission and operate by our suppliers, customers and end users

Essential Experience and Qualifications

  • Significant experience and subject matter expertise in end-to-end, strategic communication systems
  • Experience of strategic military RF communication systems, tactical military communication systems and/or military SATCOM systems is preferable
  • Experience of overseeing the technical work of others, including reviewing designs and documentation, and authorising the release of deliverables
  • Demonstrable experience of engineering delivery on large and/or complex engineering projects
  • Experience of delivering service-based contracts to the Ministry of Defence
  • Problem solving capability and the ability to simplify, prioritise, and resolve issues, using data as well as good judgement
  • Able to communicate complex concepts and technologies, clearly and digestibly, to non-specialists, from the most junior colleague to the most senior Customer
  • Hold Chartership status or work towards Chartership status

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role.

What We Offer

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
  • '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
  • Opportunity to work with innovative technology
  • Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer

About Babcock International Group

Babcock International Group is a leading provider of engineering services to the defence, energy, and aerospace sectors. We are committed to delivering high-quality solutions that meet the needs of our customers, and we are seeking talented individuals to join our team.

How to Apply

If you are a motivated and experienced professional looking for a new challenge, please submit your application, including your CV and a covering letter, to [insert contact information].

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

Please note that we do not accept applications from agencies or third-party recruiters.

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