Job Title: Senior Engineering Manager – Technical Performance and Risk
Location: UK, Canada or Australia – Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66398
Drive Engineering Excellence Through Performance Insight and Risk Management
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 a Senior Engineering Manager – Technical Performance and Risk at any of our main locations in the UK, Canada or Australia, with flexible working options available.
The Role
As a Senior Engineering Manager – Technical Performance and Risk, you’ll lead the global Independent Technical Review (ITR) programme, helping to shape how technical risks are identified, understood, and managed across Babcock’s engineering operations. You’ll play a key role in establishing performance metrics and supporting the Technical Risk Review Board (TRRB), driving continuous improvement and capability development across our defence, aerospace, and engineering projects.
This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role that offers the opportunity to influence technical governance and performance at a global scale. It’s a chance to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career in a dynamic and purpose-driven organisation.
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:
- Managing and continuously improving the Independent Technical Review (ITR) process
- Conducting ITRs globally and analysing themes, metrics, and risks to inform improvement initiatives
- Developing Technical Performance Metrics (TPMs) and implementing data capture solutions
- Supporting the operation of the Technical Risk Review Board (TRRB), including reporting and secretariat duties
Essential experience of the Senior Engineering Manager – Technical Performance and Risk:
- Extensive background in systems engineering
- Proven experience conducting technical reviews
- Broad experience across commercial and defence projects
- Strong understanding of technical risk and performance management
Qualifications
Chartered or Professional Engineer status with a recognised professional body, or ability to obtain within 12 months of joining.
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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