Engineering Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £59,110 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65217

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Engineering Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As an Engineering Manager, you'll have the opportunity to work on high-profile, safety-critical projects that directly contribute to national security, while advancing your career in a dynamic and rewarding environment.
Day-to-day, you'll take responsibility for managing the technical delivery of major infrastructure projects that support the Royal Navy's submarine maintenance programme. You'll act as the Technical Authority and single point of contact, leading resources and ensuring design outputs meet stringent safety and quality standards.

• Scoping and managing the technical delivery of projects throughout their lifecycle
• Supporting the Design Management Group to deliver complex design solutions to time, cost, and quality standards
• Securing, organising, and leading internal and external resources as required
• Ensuring design outputs are fit for purpose and meet safety-critical requirements
• Applying structured design processes for conventional and nuclear facility applications

This role is focused specifically on operating as the Client side Intelligent Customer role for design and construction of a renovated site to house a new facility in a nuclear regulated environment. This role supports the cross-site capability and service links through the subway network, this includes but is not limited to:

• Subway refurbishment and/or demolition / remedial works
• New subway / service trench design (including all associated groundworks)
• Mechanical and electrical service distribution

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of two days in the office/onsite.

Essential experience of the Engineering Manager

• Strong technical background with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills 
• Preferably a Civil Engineering background
• Significant previous experience in engineering, construction, or infrastructure environments 
• Knowledge of the design lifecycle and logical problem-solving approach 
• Understanding of designing and substantiating solutions for safety-critical applications, ideally in a regulated industry

Qualifications for the Engineering Manager

• Degree in a STEM subject (or equivalent experience) 
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status (or working towards), with membership of a relevant professional institution. Where the post holder is not registered then they should be able to evidence that they are working towards this, along with holding membership of a relevant professional institution.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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: 04/01/2026

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