Electrical Designers

**Job Title: Electrical Designer
SF42109
Business Unit: Marine Engineering & Systems
Location: Plymouth, Devon, GB, PL1 4SG**

**Salary: Starting at £32,660, with opportunities to develop and progress**

**Overall Department Direction**
Babcock International are looking to recruit Electrical Designers to join our Energy & Marine Division. Our core skills include Naval Architecture, Systems Engineering, multi-discipline design support and project management for new build and in-service commercialand defence vessels. Our state-of-the-art facilities offer world-class efficiency, scale and quality and our customers include: governments, international shipyards and ship owners and energy majors.

Reporting to the Principal Designer, you will work within a team of Electrical Designers who support numerous and varied projects. With a diverse product portfolio, we offer an exciting opportunity to join an ever-growing business with longevity. Projectsinclude; design packages to support submarine and surface ship refits for the Royal Navy as well as International Commercial and Naval contracts.

The Department offers a friendly, flexible working environment, with further opportunities for development and progression within the Company.

**Key roles and Responsibilities include**:

- Prepare & produce drawings throughout design lifecycle and in line with recognised ISO standards to the required time, cost and quality requirements.
- Prepare, produce and maintain project documentation as required by the design lifecycle, produce and update 'as built' /datum pack documentation.
- Liaise with colleagues and stakeholders during design lifecycle to ensure coordination and functionality of design, including contribution to design reviews.
- Develop innovative design solutions and solutions to manufacturing and installation issues by assisting in the resolution of Production and Technical Queries.
- Interface with customers and supply chain on design issues and assist with procurement specifications.
- Assist more senior designers in a range of activities including, production of estimates, maintenance and improvement in standard and quality of outputs, production and test organisations with the compilation of test forms and procedures.

**Qualifications**:
**Required Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competences**
To undertake this role, you need to:

- Have undertaken an engineering apprenticeship in a relevant discipline or possess transferable skills from demonstrable experience in a marine/engineering environment.
- Have experience in working within a technical team.
- Possess a good understanding of engineering and design practices as relevant to discipline.
- Have appropriate CAD skills, written and verbal communication skills and an understanding of risk management.
- Develop close working relationships within the wider technical community including other design, safety and engineering teams as well as Project, System and Platform Technical Authorities.

As well as being part of a business that continues to win new work and grow at a significant pace, we'll also provide you with all the training, support and benefits that you'd expect from a global company.

**Grade**
This position has a starting salary of £32,660 with opportunities to develop and progress.

Babcock offers a supportive environment including: enhanced employment terms and conditions, money purchase pension scheme with life assurance, share ownership scheme, occupational health services, flexible working hours (only non-industrials), career opportunitiesand specialist advice and guidance from our Learning & Development teams.

**Location**
This role is based at Devonport Royal Dockyard which is located in the vibrant city of Plymouth, Devon in the south west of England. Plymouth is a city with a long and proud military history and more than its fair share of heritage.

**Company Information**
This role is within the Marine Sector of Babcock International Group. The Marine Sector delivers a wide array of complex through-life marine engineering services. Ranging from UK and international naval fleet support, commercial marine, engineering consultancy,weapons handling, equipment support, intelligence, cyber security and training delivered through unique owned and managed infrastructure to defence and civil customers across the globe.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. For more information, please visit our website.

**Business Area - Devonport**
Babcock International Group owns and operates the main refit, maintenance and workshop area of the 330 acre naval site at Devonport, known as Devonport Royal Dockyard, where it employs thousands of people.

Babcock has a large design and technology capability providing a wide range of support activities including feasibility and project definition studies, detail design and draughting, development trials, noise and vibration analysis, structural analysis, projectmanagement, integrated logistic support and risk management.