Job Title: Technical Information Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: Up to £42,083 dependent upon experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68673
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 Technical Information Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Technical Information Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of projects that support the Royal Navy and other defence clients. This role offers the chance to work on complex and varied engineering projects, ensuring critical technical information is managed and maintained to the highest standards. Your work will directly contribute to national security and help shape a safer future, while advancing your own career in a dynamic and innovative environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll provide a repository of auditable records of the development, construction, inspection, maintenance and disposal of assets. The information held in the Technical Information Centre is made available to all of Babcock and provides technical advice.
- Maintain and manage classified technical documentation for ships, submarines and weapons systems.
- Analyse technical queries and provide accurate, professional responses to internal and external stakeholders.
- Support Project Managers in assessing customer requirements and scheduling deliverables.
- Provide rapid technical support to production teams.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and classification standards across all documentation.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Technical Information Engineer
- Knowledge of classification and regulatory requirements within the defence industry.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work proactively to deliver on time, cost and quality targets.
- Experience analysing and developing technical requirements aligned with engineering principles.
- Strong IT skills and ability to learn new systems quickly.
Qualifications for the Technical Information Engineer
- ONC or apprenticeship (or equivalent experience) in an engineering discipline, ideally within a design or marine environment or substantial experience within a design environment.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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: 20/01/2026