Babcock International Group

Underwater Maintenance Engineer

Babcock International Group

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Helensburgh • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £48,000 per year

About the role

  • Provide hands‑on engineering support for in‑water maintenance, inspection and repair when platforms are afloat
  • Collaborate with multi‑disciplinary teams to plan and enable safe, right‑first‑time underwater tasks
  • Deliver technical engineering support and guidance to Joint Project Teams for in‑water and diving work packages
  • Act as the technical point of contact for underwater projects and ensure all safety documentation is in place and used.
  • Develop method statements with stakeholders across Fleet Operations and SHEQ to identify hazards and mitigations.
  • Coordinate dive tasking, produce Dive Project Packs where required, and ensure compliance with defence and industry standards.
  • Administer the Babcock Diving Safety Management System and support the Authorised Engineer (Diving) to uphold policy compliance.

Requirements

  • Understanding of underwater maintenance, inspection and repair techniques.
  • Working knowledge of marine engineering practices (mechanical and/or electrical).
  • Familiarity with submarine systems and equipment.
  • Competence with safe systems of work, risk assessment and quality assurance.
  • Awareness of commercial diving operations - desirable but not essential.
  • HNC in Engineering, an Engineering Apprenticeship, or equivalent experience.
  • APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) - desirable but not essential.
  • Microsoft Project (intro/intermediate) - desirable but not essential.
  • Confined Spaces for Competent Persons; Commercial Diving Project Awareness - desirable but not essential.
  • 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.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
underwater maintenanceinspection techniquesrepair techniquesmarine engineering practicessubmarine systemsrisk assessmentquality assurancemethod statementsdive taskingsafety documentation
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationtechnical guidancesafety compliancehazard identificationmitigation planning
Certifications
HNC in EngineeringEngineering ApprenticeshipAPM Project Fundamentals QualificationConfined Spaces for Competent PersonsCommercial Diving Project AwarenessSecurity Check (SC) security clearance