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CAD Digital Engineer

CAD Digital Engineer

locationBristol, UK
PublishedPublished: 15/01/2026
Full time

Job Title: CAD Digital Engineer

Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Birchwood, Warrington + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £45,692 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69915

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 CAD Digital Engineer at our Babcock Technology Centre or Birchwood, Warrington site.

The role

As a CAD Digital Engineer, you’ll play an essential role in supporting the delivery of digital engineering across some of the UK’s most critical infrastructure and defence programmes. You’ll contribute to high‑quality modelling, data management and digital workflows that support the successful design, construction and operation of complex engineering assets.

Day-to-day, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to be part of a digital transformation journey within Naval Nuclear projects, where your work helps safeguard national security. You’ll gain exposure to cutting‑edge digital engineering methods and develop skills that will accelerate your growth across engineering, modelling, data assurance and digital delivery disciplines.

  • Producing templates aligned with project deliverables.
  • Providing management support to the content centre.
  • Managing asset information and ensuring the quality of engineering data.
  • Developing procedural documentation and processes for drawings, models and data exports.
  • Supporting buildability, clash detection and digital coordination activities.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 2 days in the office/onsite.

Essential experience of the CAD Digital Engineer

  • Experience in mechanical and/or process design.
  • Proficiency using Autodesk Inventor.
  • Experience using Vault for data management.
  • Experience with Plant 3D - Desirable
  • Ability to deliver quality‑assured engineering outputs in a regulated environment.

Qualifications for the CAD Digital Engineer

  • Qualified by experience.

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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
  • Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 27/03/2026

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