Assistant Chief Engineer
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About the Role
Babcock International seeks an Assistant Chief Engineer for Propulsion and Platform Systems at HMNB Clyde Faslane. The role provides technical oversight for Royal Navy submarines, requiring submarine engineering experience and chartered engineer status.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Act on behalf of the Chief Engineer, providing technical oversight and guidance across Platform Systems
- Hold full technical delegations and serve as key interface with Design and Technical Authorities
- Understand and uphold design intent from work package creation through execution, testing and acceptance
- Work closely with internal project teams and external MOD stakeholders
- Participate in working groups to assess engineering change and address technical issues
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience in submarine engineering
- Strong awareness of system engineering within mechanical or electrical engineering disciplines
- Practical experience conducting technical audits
- Engineering degree or equivalent relevant experience
- Chartered Engineer status or close to achieving it
- Must be a sole UK national able to achieve Security Check clearance
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The role
- Unique opportunity to join a high impact engineering environment.
- Help safeguard operational capability of UK's most advanced Royal Navy submarines.
- Work spans deep maintenance periods ensuring systems meet safety, performance and availability standards.
Day to day
- Act on behalf of the Chief Engineer, providing technical oversight and guidance across Platform Systems.
- Hold full technical delegations and serve as key interface with Design and Technical Authorities.
- Understand and uphold design intent from work package creation through execution, testing and acceptance.
- Work closely with internal project teams and external MOD stakeholders.
- Participate in working groups to assess engineering change, address technical issues and support continuous improvement.
Essential experience
- Demonstrable experience in submarine engineering.
- Strong awareness of system engineering within mechanical or electrical engineering disciplines.
- Practical experience conducting technical audits and navigating associated processes.
- Strong communication skills with experience engaging stakeholders.
- Experience identifying, managing and prioritising technical risks.
Qualifications
- Engineering degree or equivalent relevant experience.
- Chartered Engineer status, or close to achieving it.
- Additional technical qualifications related to naval, marine, systems or mechanical/electrical engineering (desirable).
What We Offer
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
- Access to Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations.
- Employee share scheme.
- Employee shopping savings portal.
- Payment of Professional Fees.
- Reservists receive 10 days special paid leave.
- Holiday Trading benefit.
- Be Kind Day for volunteering.
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package.
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