Principal Supportability Engineer - Bristol, United Kingdom - Babcock International Group

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    Full time / Permanent
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    Job Title: Principal Supportability Engineer
    Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
    Compensation: £56, - £63, dependent upon experience + Benefits
    Role Type: Full time / Permanent
    Role ID: SF

    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 Principal Supportability Engineer at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

    The role
    As a Principal Supportability Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. We are tasked with providing the technical knowledge and experience into supporting the UK MoD's trilateral commitment to help the Australian Task Force (ATF) develop a submarine build and support capability including infrastructure, workforce, operational support and regulatory framework.

    Day-to-day, you'll develop the support strategy by liaising with our customer, other parts of the MoD Organisation and our other industrial partners to ensure that all aspects are considered and that the most appropriate advice and recommendations are provided.

  • Provide engineering support and thought to the future submarines through the design, down selection and build process, to provide support to the MoD and define the preferred support solution
  • Support naval programmes while proactively improving our capabilities
  • Develop and manage the strategic direction of supportability analysis, while cultivating and maintaining stakeholder relationships across key interfaces, internal and external to the business, through the deployment of effective communication and management
  • This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home. There will also be occasional travel to other sites in the Bristol area as well as Helensburgh, Scotland.

    Essential experience of the Principal Supportability Engineer:

  • Leading, managing and developing a team
  • Production, review, and approval of calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design basis documentation and technical reports
  • Evaluating technical issues in order to develop proposals for investigations and/or solutions, including Intregated Logistic Support (ILS) process improvements
  • Driving and implementing the development of ILS / Integrated Product Support (IPS) solutions
  • Qualifications for the Principal Supportability Engineer:

  • Be a Chartered member of an accredited STEM body such as IMechE, IMarEST or IET
  • Qualified to minimum of a degree in a STEM discipline (e.g. Mechanical, Electrical, System, Data or Maths). ILS experience in lieu of formal education would be considered
  • Security Clearance
    The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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

    What we offer

  • 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 the majority of 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
  • Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
  • Flexible locations.
  • Opportunities to travel within the UK.