Chief Engineer - Integrated Product Support

About the job

Job Title: Chief Engineer - Integrated Product Support
Location: Bristol + hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Package
Role Type: F ull time / Permanent
Role ID: SF54503

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Chief Engineer - Integrated Product Support within our Missions Systems business, at our Bristol site.

We're looking for a dynamic and inspirational leader to make a real impact by becoming our new Chief Engineer Integrated Product Support (IPS). This role is new position, created as a result of our continued growth and will provide leadership and management of a team of IPS professionals.

The role

As a Chief Engineer, you'll lead on the design, implementation and delivery of through life support solutions, aligning with our developments in technologies, innovation and capabilities. You'll also have direct line management responsibilities for some of the ILS team and functional responsibilities for the ILS Team deployed on projects and tasks. The development of our team is important to us and as such, you will be an inspirational mentor to Principal, Senior and IPS Engineers. As part of this role, you will own and manage a training plan for all individuals that are aligned to the meet the demand and supply processes and future capabilities.

Day to day, you'll

• Develop of our ILS/IPS/IKM toolset, as we continue on our path to further adopt the S-Series specifications
• You will provide assurance of IPS activities, create and implement improvement plans and provide a reporting function to senior management.
• You will play an important part of business winning activities, as such you will provide assurance and oversight of bids considering through life support requirements and interfaces with other disciplines and areas of the business.
• You will ensure that our capabilities are promoted within business development to both influence future opportunities and to increase PWin.
• As a lead role in the supportability discipline, you will be required to promote all aspects of through life support, internally and externally; this may include presentations and attendance at various forums and conferences.
• You will play a key role in the management of the team to meet demands.

The successfurl candidate will have a high level of autonomy to manage the supportability discipline in order to meet the requirements of projects. Some travel to other sites is required, as our teams operate within a hybrid, flexible arrangement, mostly centred around our sites at Plymouth and Bristol. Some travel to customer and supplier sites, is also required in order to collaborate with our partners.

Essential experience of the Chief Engineer:

• Extensive experience of supporting complex systems and equipment, particularly software-intensive capabilities.
• Deep knowledge of ILS/IPS standards, particularly Def Stan 00-600.
• A working knowledge and understanding of ASD Specifications.
• Level-6 or above qualification or equivalent in experience.
• Leadership and management experience of multi-disciplined teams.
• Business winning activities, including bid writing/generation, oversight and reviews.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance level for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• 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 the majority of 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

Missions Systems
Mission Systems forms a critical and growing part of Babcock's Marine organisation. As a trusted provider for global defence & security, we have a wide portfolio of best-in-class technical solutions that enable our customers to carry out their missions. It's an exciting and fast paced business carrying out a diverse range of activities. Mission Systems employs over 1,200 people across the UK and overseas with the largest sites based in Bristol and Devonport.

Babcock International
For over 130 years Babcock International have 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.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 30/11/23