Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £49,943.00 - £61,003.00 dependent upon experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF52614
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 Mechanical Engineer at our Devonport site.
The role
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will have a dynamic role allowing you to bring an inquiring mindset and be confident to challenge existing approaches. The work environment within the Design Authority is varied so you will need to be adaptable but with this comes excellent development opportunities and plenty of support from the Design Authority team.
Day to day, you’ll provide professional technical assistance and advice to support ongoing operational availability and maintenance. Supporting the Facility Design Authority, you will be key in the development of new designs and facility modifications. This will involve a variety of mechanical engineering equipment within the facility, with an emphasis on mechanical / fuel handling assets.
Responsibilities as a Senior Mechanical Engineer will also include:
- Maintaining the content and configuration of the reference design documentation of extant assets through-life
- Management of the design development through the whole design lifecycle (requirements development, drawings, calculations, specifications, and reports) for both new and modified equipment
- Specifying replacement equipment/components and supporting the production of configuration documentation for permanent modifications.
- Supporting implementation of new designs (Factory Acceptance Testing, supporting commissioning activities).
- Supporting asset conditions surveys and producing condition reports / fault-finding on existing assets.
- Periodic reviews of maintenance regimes and activities
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. Professional development is also encouraged and fully supported with mentoring available for support to professional registration.
Essential experience of the Senior Mechanical Engineer:
- Significant experience in the design process
- Significant experience in the design / substantiation of engineering systems
This role is Hybrid with the expectation to be onsite 2 days per week at our Devonport site.
Qualifications for the Senior Mechanical Engineer:
- Qualified to degree level in a Mechanical Engineering discipline would be advantageous
- Ideally you will be Incorporated, Chartered or working towards professional registration
The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
- 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
Babcock International
For over 130 years Babcock International 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.
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.
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