Job Title: Head of Nuclear Operations
Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73752
Lead the safe delivery of a nationally significant nuclear programme
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 Head of Nuclear Operations at our Rosyth site.
The role
As a Head of Nuclear Operations, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll lead the delivery of critical operations within the Submarine Dismantling Programme. You will take ownership of safe, compliant, and efficient execution - ensuring projects are delivered to time, cost, and quality expectations.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
- Leading production and operations teams to deliver nuclear dismantling activities safely and efficiently
- Driving a proactive safety-first culture, ensuring full compliance with health, safety, and nuclear regulations
- Managing the execution of submarine dismantling and maintenance of laid-up vessels
- Overseeing operational performance, ensuring delivery against programme milestones, budgets, and quality standards
- Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to continuously improve operational processes
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Rosyth and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Head of Nuclear Operations
- Demonstrable experience in operational or production leadership within complex engineering or regulated environments
- Strong understanding of nuclear safety, radiological protection, and nuclear management systems
- Experience delivering large-scale engineering or infrastructure projects
- Knowledge of project controls, budgeting, and commercial frameworks
- Familiarity with high-hazard environments such as defence, marine, or nuclear sectors
Qualifications for the Head of Nuclear Operations
- HNC, degree, or equivalent experience in an engineering or related discipline
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 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
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: 04/06/2026
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