Senior Mechanical Engineer – Building Services
Babcock International Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Plymouth • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £51,941 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead mechanical building services design across complex dock and facility projects—from requirements capture and concept, through detailed design, implementation and close‑out, to through‑life support and decommissioning.
- Deliver designs and substantiation that meet licence conditions, legislation and codes, ensuring our infrastructure remains safe, reliable and mission‑ready.
- Lead mechanical building services design (heating, ventilation and air conditioning, steam and condensate, industrial gases, domestic and demineralised water) and produce calculations, specifications and technical notes.
- Guide optioneering and design reviews (including HAZOPs), providing technical advice as a subject matter expert and maintaining design intent across Babcock‑owned systems.
- Manage workloads, supervise engineers, and ensure quality, configuration control and compliance with relevant standards and legislation.
- Coordinate with CAD teams to develop models/drawings, conduct site surveys and monitor works, representing Mechanical Services Technical Authority.
- Support project delivery—estimating, tender responses and technical analysis—while reporting progress and changes of scope.
Requirements
- Experience in design consultancy or contractor design environments, including leading small teams of engineers.
- Strong computer literacy with industry-standard digital tools (e.g., Hevacomp) and the mechanical services design lifecycle.
- Deep understanding of mechanical engineering principles for building services systems (steam and condensate, HVAC, gases, water services).
- Detailed knowledge of applicable regulations, legislation and technical standards.
- Proven quality assurance, documentation and stakeholder coordination across complex facilities.
- Degree (or equivalent) in Building Services Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related subject; or NVQ Level 5 in an engineering discipline.
- The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Benefits
- 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.
- ‘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.
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Hard skills
mechanical building services designheating systemsventilation systemsair conditioning systemssteam and condensate systemsindustrial gasesdomestic water systemsdemineralised water systemscalculationstechnical specifications
Soft skills
leadershipteam managementquality assurancestakeholder coordinationtechnical adviceworkload managementcommunicationproblem-solvingproject deliveryconfiguration control
Certifications
degree in Building Services Engineeringdegree in Mechanical EngineeringNVQ Level 5 in engineering disciplineSecurity Check (SC) security clearance