Senior Engineering Manager
Babcock International Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bristol • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Influence programmes essential to national and international defence while developing advanced leadership, stakeholder management and technical skills.
- Undertake a six‑month secondment to Surabaya, Indonesia, becoming the focal point for planning, coordinating and overseeing complex multi‑discipline naval ship projects.
- Lead multi‑discipline engineering teams to deliver complex technical scopes safely and effectively.
- Manage customer relationships to ensure timely and efficient delivery of project outputs.
- Approve key technical documentation throughout the engineering design lifecycle.
- Manage resource planning across recruitment, development and allocation to meet project requirements.
- Ensure project and technical audits are completed and drive continuous improvement, with mission system integration on naval platforms considered desirable.
Requirements
- Engineering lead experience overseeing complex, multi‑discipline tasks and projects.
- Strong knowledge of naval ship design and integration.
- Experience driving cultural development and positive change within engineering teams.
- Proven stakeholder management capabilities across internal and external customers.
- Broad engineering background across design, analysis, specification, safety support, installation and commissioning.
- Engineering or science degree in a relevant discipline with significant demonstrable experience.
- Chartered Engineer and member of a relevant professional institution.
- 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 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
naval ship designmission system integrationengineering design lifecycleresource planningsafety supportinstallationcommissioninganalysisspecification
Soft Skills
leadershipstakeholder managementcustomer relationship managementcultural developmentpositive change
Certifications
Chartered Engineermember of a relevant professional institutionSecurity Check (SC) security clearance