Head of Engineering

Job Title: Head of Engineering
Location: Plymouth, Devon or Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Leicester, Leicestershire or Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria or Helensburgh, Argyle and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £96,200 Depending on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68566
Shape the Future of Engineering in the UK's Largest Nuclear Sector
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 Head of Engineering at our Devonport Royal Dockyard, Babcock Technology Centre, Babcock HM Naval Base - Clyde, Leicester Radar Road and Babcock, Barrow-in-Furness sites.

The role
As a Head of Engineering, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be at the forefront of shaping the strategic direction of engineering across Babcock's Nuclear Sector. This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll drive excellence in engineering management arrangements, compliance, and reporting.

Day-to-day, you'll lead the development and implementation of sector-wide engineering standards, ensuring our people, processes, and tools are aligned to deliver consistently and effectively.

• Leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of Nuclear Sector Engineering Management Arrangements
• Collaborating across Babcock globally to ensure the integrity of our engineering output
• Driving the development and application of Technical Risk Management and Product Safety Arrangements for the sector
• Measuring compliance and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
• Enhancing knowledge sharing and lessons learnt across the sector

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 Head Of Engineering

• Proven experience in high hazard or high consequence engineering environments
• Strong engineering management background across the full product lifecycle
• Demonstrated leadership and people management skills
• Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Solid understanding of change and project management principles

Qualifications For The Head Of Engineering

• Degree level or higher in a STEM discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional registration

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 )

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 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: 04/11/2025