Commissioning Engineering Manager

About the job

Job Title: Commissioning Engineering Manager
Location: Devonport, Plymouth + Hybrid Working
Compensation: £53,020.00 + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF54015

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 Commissioning Engineering Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Commissioning Engineering Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary where you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the capability of the Commissioning Group can meet present and future programme demands. This will ensure ongoing support is provided to the Royal Navy submarine service.

Day to day, you'll manage, lead and develop the Commissioning Group Engineering team to support the delivery teams across multiple platforms to meet the programme demands.

• Ensuring adequate engineering capability is in place to support programme delivery in accordance with legislation, including oversight and governance of multiple engineering equipment projects
• Ensuring the safe operation of all plant and processes under their control and to comply with the Site Licence Arrangements (SLAs)
• Liaising and engaging with various stakeholders around the business including within the Engineering function and Technical & Design Authorities

This role is full time and will be based onsite at Devonport Royal Dockyard with hybrid working from home arrangements.

Essential experience of the Commissioning Engineering Manager:

• Experience of managing a team within a project / programme / engineering environment
• Knowledge of safety requirements and application of safety best practice in a large-scale industrial environment
• Knowledge of asset management
• Knowledge of the engineering lifecycle, governance processes and configuration control

Qualifications for the Commissioning Engineering Manager:

• Degree qualified in an engineering discipline with membership of appropriate institution - ideally within a mechanical discipline
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards
• APMQ qualified (desirable)

Please note that this position is subject to enhanced national security vetting. The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to satisfy Ministry of Defence security requirements (this may include obtaining SC, NNPPI or Developed Vetting (DV) level of security clearances).

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

Babcock International
For over a century 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: 19/12/2023