
Plant Engineer
Babcock International Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Plymouth • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £45,692 per year
About the role
- Support the nuclear and radiological safety of operations across key dockyard facilities.
- Interface with production, design and technical teams to implement engineering controls and nuclear safety cases.
- Manage control‑of‑work processes, routine operations, plant maintenance and facility activities.
- Contribute to engineering projects, including designing and installing new infrastructure to enhance future nuclear capability.
- Conduct safety walkdowns, assess defects, and ensure controls are in place for nuclear safety‑significant activities, such as submarine docking.
Requirements
- Experience working in high‑hazard regulated environments or the nuclear industry.
- Experience managing teams or a range of diverse stakeholders.
- Experience implementing risk assessments or safety cases.
- A relevant STEM degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Additional qualifications in nuclear engineering, safety management or facility operations - Desirable.
- 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 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
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Hard Skills & Tools
nuclear safetyengineering controlsrisk assessmentssafety casesplant maintenanceinfrastructure designfacility operationssafety walkdownsdefect assessment
Soft Skills
team managementstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Security Check (SC) security clearance