Job Title: Engineering Manager – Technical Compliance
Location: UK, Canada or Australia – Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66555
Shape the Future of Engineering Excellence
About Us
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Engineering Manager – Technical Compliance at any of our main locations in the UK, Canada or Australia, with flexible working options available.
The Role
As an Engineering Manager – Technical Compliance, you’ll be at the heart of our global engineering function, driving technical integrity and governance across a diverse portfolio of defence, aerospace, and engineering projects. This is a unique opportunity to influence how we maintain and strengthen engineering standards across our international operations, making a real impact on national security and global safety.
This full-time, permanent role is based at any of our offices in the UK, Canada or Australia, with flexible working patterns available. Travel to other Babcock and customer sites may be required.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
- Leading the planning and scheduling of Global Engineering Governance and Assurance (TG&A) activities
- Managing technical governance across engineering processes and frameworks
- Overseeing the Independent Technical Authority (ITA) framework and its assurance
- Communicating changes in TG&A activity to Engineering Integrity teams
- Driving the development and delivery of TG&A training programmes
Essential experience of the Engineering Manager – Technical Compliance:
- Extensive background in systems engineering
- Proven track record across commercial or defence engineering projects
- Strong understanding of process development and technical governance
- Ability to work across international teams and complex programmes
Qualifications
- Degree-qualified Engineer
- Chartered or Professional Engineer status (desirable)
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: 05/09/2025
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