Job Title: Principal Electrical Design Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £59,110 - £72,337 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68122
Lead Complex Electrical Design Projects that Power National Defence
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 Principal Electrical Design Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Principal Electrical Design Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is a unique opportunity to influence critical infrastructure, ensure technical excellence, and contribute to projects that safeguard national security, all while advancing your career in a dynamic, purpose driven environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll take a lead role in delivering complex Medium Voltage (1kV - 33kV) design projects across our growing portfolio. Your work will focus on designing and modifying electrical power distribution assets and their supporting supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
- Leading the full lifecycle of MV electrical design from concept to detailed design and assurance
- Providing technical support for site visits, surveys, and installation solutions
- Producing and reviewing design documentation, including drawings, reports, and specifications
- Offering technical oversight during implementation, including factory and site acceptance testing
- Mentoring junior engineers and engaging with clients, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Principal Electrical Design Engineer
- Extensive experience designing HV/LV electrical distribution systems in regulated or safety-critical environments
- Proven ability to lead design reviews and provide technical assurance
- Strong understanding of legislation, regulations, and standards for electrical engineering
- Significant experience commissioning power distribution systems
- Demonstrated leadership in technical delivery
Qualifications for the Principal Electrical Design Engineer
- Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) preferred
- Lower grades considered for development roles
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: 20/11/2025
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