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Job Title: Design Engineer
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- Mechanical Location: Plymouth, UK
- Hybrid
- Working from home options available Compensation: £39,408
- £48,252 + benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF 44996 Build the future 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 Design Engineer at our Plymouth site.
As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers' defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.
Babcock International and Devonport The Design Engineer role is based within our Devonport Royal Dockyard business area.
Working at Devonport puts the best of the South West at your fingertips.
Amazing scenery, vibrant towns and numerous leisure opportunities
- It's why Devon and Cornwall are such a desirable place to live and work.
Comprising of 14 dry docks, four miles of waterfront and 25 tidal berths, Devonport is the base for numerous surface vessels as well as the base and refit centre for the Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarines.
Devonport has also recently been selected as the base port for the Navy's new Type 26 frigates and will become the maintenance centre for the future submarine programme.
For more than a century, Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence Company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services.
We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure and specialist training.
The role The difference our new Design Engineer will make As a Design Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary.
Responsible for delivering a Technical Authority and Design Agency function, supporting the various business units within Devonport Royal Dockyard (DRD) and Ministry of Defence (MoD) establishments.
Day to day, you will be responsible for providing technical engineering support and advice as well as undertaking design activities relating to process engineering supporting dockyard facilities.
This includes the maintenance and control of modifications to the design intent of nuclear process plant and equipment across Devonport Royal Dockyard's Nuclear Licensed Site and the MoD's Authorised Site.
At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far.
With our track record of innovation, you'll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.
We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
Essential experience Knowledge of pressure systems (pipework, tanks, pumps, overpressure protection etc.) Experience in Computer Aided Design Experience using engineering software for stress analysis or fluid flow Experience in nuclear plant design, operations or maintenance Knowledge of legislation, engineering standards and design codes Experience of having applied the whole design lifecycle What we offer Generous benefits including: Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays Reservist in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance Employee share scheme
- save tax and national insurance on shares, with 1 free share per 10 purchased Employment development allowance
- £125 per year Payment of Professional Fees Working from home and flexible work patterns Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme Babcock International For over 130 years, we have 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.
Change begins with our people and our shared Principles: be curious; be courageous; own and deliver; think: outcomes; collaborate; and be kind.
These values not only guide the way we work, but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon.
Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.
Application Guidance All applications should be made online.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know.
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.