Career Opportunities: Senior Commissioning Engineer - Tactical Weapons (60428)

Job Title:             Senior Commissioning Engineer Electrical
Location:              Plymouth, Devon 
Compensation:    £43,935.00 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF60428

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 Senior Commissioning Engineer Electrical at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Senior Commissioning Engineer Electrical, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Leading, managing and developing an existing team of Electrical Engineers, providing your technical knowledge and expertise to support the ongoing maintenance periods for the platforms. This will include liaising with both internal and external stakeholders and potential travel to other sites. 

Day-to-day, you’ll be managing a small team of Electrical Commissioning Engineers.

• Leading and managing a small team to ensure systems are installed and commissioned to conform with the correct engineering standards. 
• Prepare test documentation and deliver technical direction of activities on submarine systems and equipment to meet the commissioning plan. 
• Liaising with Production, Project, Commissioning Group, Ship staff and MoD teams to ensure commissioning activities do not conflict with other activities. 
• Attending various meetings to offer commissioning input to the project, providing continuous updates project wide. 
• Acting as Test Director during commissioning activities which would also include the management of Commissioning Engineers, Industrial staff and external contractors. 

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Senior Commissioning Engineer Electrical:

• Previous experience of maintenance / commissioning activities including fault finding/diagnostics within an electrical discipline. 
• Competent at operating computer systems and databases, analysing technical drawings and test procedures 
• Detailed knowledge of control of work and safe isolation of electrical systems
• Previous management and mentoring experience
• Must be able to access and egress to submarine confined spaces and restrictive areas.

Qualifications for the Senior Commissioning Engineer Electrical:

• Electrical Apprenticeship level 3 or equivalent. 
• HNC/HND or demonstratable equivalent experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
 

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).

What we offer 

• 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 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  has 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. We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. 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: 28/11/2024

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