Marine Engineer

As a Marine Engineer, you'll join our Submarine Operations Centre, providing vital engineering support to Royal Navy submarine maintenance and repair programmes. This is a highly varied role where you'll combine your technical expertise with modern digital tools and engineering data to help shape maintenance solutions that keep critical defence assets operational, safe, and ready for deployment. Working alongside a range of internal teams, customers, and industry partners, you'll investigate technical challenges, support maintenance activities both ashore and onboard vessels, and contribute to projects that directly support the UK's defence capability. This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your engineering expertise while working on some of the most complex and fascinating engineering systems in the country. What you'll do:

• Investigate, diagnose and resolve complex electrical and mechanical engineering issues affecting submarine systems.
• Analyse system performance, defect trends and repair requirements to recommend practical engineering solutions.
• Interpret engineering drawings, technical publications and material specifications to provide technical guidance.
• Support maintenance, repair and engineering activities both within the office environment and onboard Royal Navy submarines.
• Collaborate with customers, contractors and internal stakeholders to ensure maintenance work is delivered safely, efficiently and in line with operational requirements.
  
  NVQ Level 3 qualification or above in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Knowledge of submarine in-service support arrangements.
• Knowledge of submarine systems and their operation.
• Experience identifying, interpreting and resolving complex electrical and mechanical engineering issues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise workloads and deliver against agreed timescales
Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Do you want to help us in our mission, creating a safe and secure world together, whilst working on projects that are truly unique? The Royal Navy rely on our engineering, project management and digital teams to keep their submarines at sea and submariners safe. They Protect our Nation and we help to Protect them. At Babcock we have a true culture of opportunity - with business contracts that last decades and structured career development pathways that can take you in all kinds of directions; you will grow, develop, and achieve more than you ever thought possible. There has never been a better time for you to join Babcock Submarine Support and play your part in protecting the protectors.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Our Benefits We offer you fantastic total rewards, and the ability to have real flexibility - including working from home up to 3 days a week. It's what sits at the heart of our fantastic and friendly environment, where you'll feel truly welcome.
• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
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