Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £48,000 - £53,000
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74006
Design the infrastructure that protects and powers the nation
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical Design Engineer at HM Naval Base Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
From defence and aerospace to critical engineering infrastructure, a career at Babcock is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to contribute to something bigger. You’ll join a team delivering vital engineering solutions that keep the UK safe, secure, and operational.
As an Electrical Design Engineer, you’ll play a key role in delivering safe, compliant, and efficient electrical infrastructure across a highly regulated naval base environment. Acting as a Technical Authority, you’ll influence design decisions, assure compliance, and support projects ranging from small in-house upgrades to large-scale infrastructure developments.
This is an exciting opportunity to apply your engineering expertise in a role that combines design, technical assurance, and on-site asset surveying, all while contributing to critical defence operations and developing your career within a world-class engineering organisation.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
- Designing electrical systems and producing technical solutions aligned to regulatory and safety standards
- Reviewing and assuring internal and external electrical designs for quality and compliance
- Acting as Technical Authority for electrical services across infrastructure projects
- Surveying and inspecting assets, applying defence estate standards and identifying improvements
- Collaborating with internal teams, customers, and external contractors to deliver engineering solutions.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week, based at HM Naval Base Clyde. Hybrid working patterns are available.
Essential experience of the Electrical Design Engineer:
- Demonstrating proven experience in electrical design engineering within commercial or industrial environments
- Applying strong knowledge of electrical systems, equipment, and infrastructure
- Understanding statutory and regulatory requirements, including hazardous area considerations
- Interpreting engineering drawings and carrying out electrical calculations
- Working collaboratively with stakeholders across engineering and project teams.
Qualifications for the Electrical Design Engineer:
- Recognised apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering or equivalent qualification
- City and Guilds Design and Verification (desirable)
- City and Guilds Inspection and Testing (desirable)
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.
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: 08/07/2026
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