Babcock International is looking for a Senior Nuclear Facility Engineer to lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of critical assets across our nuclear facilities at Devonport Royal Dockyard. You will be pivotal in the day-to-day operation and maintenance of site-based assets, ensuring compliance, availability, and safety, while developing deep experience across engineering, asset management, commissioning, testing, and regulatory compliance.
What You'll Do
- Prepare, review, and authorise test documentation to required standards in alignment with outage and maintenance schedules.
- Carry out inspection, testing, calibration, and commissioning of systems and equipment, diagnosing faults and proposing corrective actions.
- Identify and record defects and emergent work to ensure all issues are captured and resolved efficiently.
- Ensure the safe operation of plant and processes while complying with Nuclear Site Licence and Modification Authorisation Conditions.
- Lead the day-to-day activities of electrical and mechanical commissioning engineers, supporting their ongoing development.
What We're Looking For
- ONC or NVQ Level 4 (or above) in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
- Excellent knowledge and experience of commissioning, operations and maintenance on assets within Devonport.
- Knowledge of safe release of systems, Lock Out Tag Out, and Safe Systems of Work.
- Experience with maintenance, repair or breakdown of heavy-duty mechanical or electrical systems.
- Ability to cover day and back shifts, with occasional weekend work, and work at height.
- Ability to understand and work within complex regulatory frameworks and operational controls.
- Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: £45,692 + OWP Shift and Commitment Allowance, 28% + 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 allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work.
Work Mode
This role is onsite at our Devonport, Plymouth location.
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