Job Title: Senior Production Engineer (Reactor)
Location: Plymouth Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £42,245 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55692
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 Senior Production Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Senior Production Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary, with the opportunity to work on highly complex and interesting projects, you will gain a wide exposure to Submarine business, liaising with various teams across multiple projects.
Day to day, you'll be working within the Submarine Maintenance Planning Team, responsible for the planning of submarine maintenance periods conducted in Devonport.
This will cover the development of the projects scope, interrogation of the early scope for risks, issues, materials, equipment, developing execution schedules to be handed over to the Submarine Delivery Team. You will be using your experience of Submarine maintenance or build projects to assist in the development of project management output, e.g. project plans, metrics, task procedures.
- Supporting the development of the project schedule through close cooperation with the project team
- Technical assessment for reactor primary and secondary maintenance tasks included in the projects scope
- Identification of key risks, issues, materials, and equipment required for mechanical based tasks
- Utilising experience from previous projects and Submarine enterprise to improve project planning and delivery
- Undertaking visits to Submarine platforms to assess reactor based tasks
This role is full time, 36 hours based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard with hybrid working from home arrangements.
Essential experience of the Senior Production Engineer:
- Experience in Submarine maintenance, build or repair
- Strong communication skills and the ability to engage with key stakeholders
- Relevant experience, knowledge and training of PWR1 and/or PWR2 Operations, maintenance, repair
- Experience in the planning of engineering projects - Desirable
- Experience as a PWR1 or PWR2 operator would be beneficial - Desirable
Qualifications for the Senior Production Engineer:
- We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
- 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 most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- '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
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have 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.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 27/03/2024
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