Job Title: Senior Naval Architect
Location: Faslane, Helensburgh + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £58,000 dependent on experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61617
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 Naval Architect at our Faslane site.
The Role
As a Senior Naval Architect, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Your role will support developing detailed knowledge and specialised technical expertise to support marine vessels and structures, including working to ensure compliance with international naval regulation.
Day-to-day, you'll Ensure submarine hull surveys have been conducted in accordance with Defence Standards and platform specific survey requirements.
Essential experience of the Senior Naval Architect
The successful candidate must be 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
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: 07/03/25
Location: Faslane, Helensburgh + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £58,000 dependent on experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61617
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 Naval Architect at our Faslane site.
The Role
As a Senior Naval Architect, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Your role will support developing detailed knowledge and specialised technical expertise to support marine vessels and structures, including working to ensure compliance with international naval regulation.
Day-to-day, you'll Ensure submarine hull surveys have been conducted in accordance with Defence Standards and platform specific survey requirements.
- Solve complex technical problems with internal and external stakeholders, Influencing and mentoring colleagues, playing a critical role in driving innovation and improving efficiency of departmental processes.
- Perform survey auditing/reviews and approval as instructed by the Principal Naval Architect both on and off-site of surveys, sub-contractors and Babcock personnel to ensure compliance and adherence to company procedures and customer specification and to provide assurance that the standards have been met.
- Implementation of the Company Safety, Quality and Environmental policies in the Hull Survey area of the business ensuring that assessments of risk are carried out.
Essential experience of the Senior Naval Architect
- Relevant standards, systems, and Classification frameworks e.g. Defence Standards, British Standards, Classification Society Rules and Regulatory body requirements.
- Working knowledge of Nuclear Submarines such that the importance of structure, systems and operation are understood.
- HNC in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent
- Naval Architect/Maritime Constructive Engineer of Chartered Engineer status or have equivalent demonstrable submarine structural experience.
The successful candidate must be 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 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.
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
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: 07/03/25