Engineering Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £59,110 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF68289

Lead the Future of Engineering at Devonport

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 or Babcock Technology Centre sites.

The role

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of a dynamic and growing team within Devonport Engineering. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of engineering projects that support both nuclear and non-nuclear assets.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead the technical delivery of complex design solutions, ensuring safety, quality, and innovation are at the forefront of everything we do.

Scoping and managing the technical delivery of engineering projects across their lifecycle

Supporting the Design Management Group in delivering safety-critical solutions on time and within budget

Leading internal and external resources to meet project demands

Ensuring design outputs meet quality standards and regulatory requirements

Applying structured design processes tailored to both conventional and nuclear facilities

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Engineering Manager

Strong technical background with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Demonstrated expertise in engineering, construction, or infrastructure

Proven experience across the design lifecycle with a logical approach to problem-solving

Understanding of safety-critical design and substantiation, ideally within regulated industries

Qualifications for the Engineering Manager

Degree in a STEM subject or equivalent experience

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status (or working towards it)

Membership of a relevant professional institution

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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: 27/10/2025

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