Job Title: Commissioning Engineer - Maintenance
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £39,237 - £46,064 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF67084
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 Engineer - Maintenance at our Rosyth site.
The role
As a Commissioning Engineer – Maintenance, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll support Babcock’s current and future ship design and build programmes, including export variants and other shipbuilding, refit, and commercial opportunities in the pipeline.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for maintaining ship equipment throughout the build lifecycle, as well as inspecting, testing, evaluating, and accepting equipment across a wide range of applications. Additionally, you will:
- Analyse issues related to plant and support systems, generate and submit solutions with full documentation, and obtain necessary approvals and signatures
- Monitor progress, record test results, and witness final testing and acceptance of equipment in line with design, performance, safety, quality, and technical specifications
- Ensure all documentation complies with project configuration control and Quality Assurance processes
- Coach and mentor junior or less experienced staff, ensuring they understand relevant systems and protocols; review their work and provide verification for other commissioning engineers
- Promote a quality-driven culture by recognising best practices and continuously implementing improvement initiatives
This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday and is based on site at Rosyth.
Essential experience of the Commissioning Engineer - Maintenance
- Solid understanding and experience within an engineering environment
- Experience in shipbuilding or the marine industry is desirable
- Strong critical thinking skills - able to assess strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions and approaches
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organisational abilities
- Experience in pneumatic and hydrostatic testing of structural vessels and piping systems
Qualifications for the Commissioning Engineer - Maintenance
- HNC/HND level qualification in a mechanical engineering discipline, with relevant field experience
- Membership of a recognised professional institution
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- ‘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 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: 04/09/2025
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