Job Title: Senior Supportability Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £51,941 - £63,443 dependent upon experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65599
Shape the Future of Naval Engineering
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 Supportability Engineer at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon.
The role
As a Senior Supportability Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most advanced naval programmes – the Type 26 Global Combat Ship. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of maritime support by developing cutting-edge engineering solutions that maximise platform availability and reduce maintenance downtime.
You’ll work closely with internal and external stakeholders across the defence enterprise, including BAE, MoD and Lloyd’s Register to deliver predictive, pre-emptive and informed decisions on in-service maintenance and repair.
- Developing and implementing digital strategies to harness data for informed decision-making
- Building strong relationships across the defence enterprise to support platform availability
- Supporting the integration of condition monitoring tools and software
- Proposing innovative underwater engineering solutions to reduce dry docking
- Providing expert knowledge and support for system integration and design changes
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home.
Essential experience of the Senior Supportability Engineer:
- Proven experience in data integration to support engineering decisions
- Strong background in systems engineering and through life support
- Experience supporting complex defence assets using ILS principles
- Experience applying project management methodologies
- Ability to work collaboratively in high-performing teams
Qualifications for the Senior Supportability Engineer:
- Engineering qualification(s) in a relevant discipline with demonstrable experience
- Registered or working towards professional accreditation (e.g. Incorporated Engineer)
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: 07/10/2025
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