Senior Commissioning Engineer

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

1/15/2025

Job Title: Senior Commissioning Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: Competitive, OT readily available + Benefits

Role Type: Full time and Permanent

Role ID: SF61434

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 Senior Commissioning Engineer across our Mechanical, Electrical and Constructive disciplines at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Senior Commissioning Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll conduct the role of shift manager, leading a team of skilled engineers to carry out the inspection, testing and commissioning of submarine systems. Overseeing fault finding diagnosis and proposing and implementing corrective solutions. This is a long-term project, supporting the deep maintenance of Astute class Submarines and future successors.

To support Submarine Commissioning Group growth, we are recruiting for roles at Senior & Principal across Mechanical, Electrical and Constructive disciplines. In preparation for your role, you will undertake a comprehensive 6-week training programme to help prepare you for your role; we will train and develop you to become a subject matter expert in Commissioning and submarine systems, so you feel confident going into your new post.

Day-to-day, you’ll be supporting commissioning activities to ensure the systems perform to the highest standards of safety in your discipline (Mechanical, Electrical or Constructive (Naval Architecture) You’ll also:

• Lead a team of skilled engineers to carry out the inspection, testing and commissioning of submarine systems. Overseeing fault finding diagnosis and proposing and implementing corrective solutions where required, e.g. visual inspections, pressure testing, system flushing, equipment and system operations, electrical preoperational checks, insulation resistance checks, load testing
• Design, implementation and authorisation of safe isolations to allow intrusive work to take place on submarine systems in accordance with safe system of work management arrangements
• Researching, compiling and authorising technical documentation to support commissioning activities and deliverables
• Within this safety critical role, a Senior Commissioning Engineer reports to their manager and is responsible for adhering to the Health and Safety at Work regulations and conforming to appropriate Engineering Quality and Nuclear standards
• Providing leadership, direction and supervision to a team of Commissioning Engineers, carrying out line management responsibilities including pastoral support and lead others in their professional development
• Promote and maintain effective working relationships within our teams with our internal stakeholders and our external stakeholders including the Royal Navy, Ministry of Defence and subcontractors
  
  
  

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard. Successful candidate will be expected to work a flexible schedule, including shifts, as required.

Experience of the Senior Commissioning Engineer:

• Extensive experience in an engineering role/discipline (Electrical, Mechanical or Constructive)
• Experience of using technical system drawings and associated documentation
• Knowledge of Commissioning principles & processes including isolation methodologies – highly desirable
• Knowledge and experiences of submarine operation and/or maintenance – desirable
  
  
  

Qualifications for the Senior Commissioning Engineer:

• Completed a recognised Level 4 qualification/Engineering Apprenticeship
  
  
  

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 (www.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 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
• 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.

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