Design and Safety Process Manager

Facilities Engineering Manager
Business Unit: Submarines
Location: Devonport, Plymouth

About the role
We're looking for a Facilities Engineering Manager (in Babcock the job title is Design & Safety Process Manager) to join us at HMNB Devonport, one of the largest naval bases in Western Europe. We're a key strategic partner to our customers; the MOD and the Royal Navy. We ensure that the UK Royal Navy goes to sea safely by supporting them in Devonport and around the world, delivering complex ship and submarine sustainment programmes and applying our core strengths of technology and expertise to sustain critical and complex assets to help maintain national security.

The company is highly regarded for its employee recognition and vital position in today's market place. You will be a driven individual who is looking to work in a fast paced environment with supportive team in a diverse and challenging environment.

Managing a team you will work to ensure that the facilities meet both the customer needs, and the standards of regulators. The team are often out on site using their Science and Engineering knowledge to understand how proposed and on-going work could affect the design intent of plant. It is the team's role to control the safety case which permits these changes to be made to their nuclear site; therefore attention to detail and a questioning attitude are valued attributes. The role itself would be a good opportunity for an individual with a solid science or engineering background to move into the Safety space.

What do I need to do the role?

* You'll need prior experience in an engineering environment within the high hazard industry.
* Experience a managing a team
* Experience in Asset Management/plant maintenance and operations is desirable.
* Engineering Degree or specific relevant experience with a minimum NVQ level 4

What else do I need to know?

* The successful candidate must be able to achieve the appropriate security clearance level for this role.
* We are happy to talk about flexible working. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

About Babcock International

For more than a century, Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure and specialist training.

We're committed to providing a great employee experience in a supportive and engaging environment. The benefits you can expect to enjoy include a generous holiday entitlement, competitive money purchase pension scheme with life assurance and a share ownership scheme. You'll benefit from excellent career and learning and development opportunities to ensure that you grow and achieve your full potential.

Application Guidance
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to ensure that our recruitment processes are regularly reviewed and adapted, as required, to ensure we're compliant with the latest government advice. Babcock will be continuing with essential recruitment activity but implementing relevant recommendations to protect our employees, by acting in a responsible way which reflects the restrictions we may face.
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Closing Date: 09/07/2021