Job Title:                     Senior Work Control Office Engineer

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:            £43,935 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF65107

 

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 Work Control Office Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

 

The role

As a Senior Work Control Office Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join one of the UK’s most advanced engineering environments, leading the safe release and control of Work Authorities and Lock Out Tag Out systems to ensure precision, safety, and efficiency in submarine operations.

 

Day-to-day, you’ll help manage and coordinate Babcock and Royal Navy teams within the Control Office, ensuring compliance with control of work processes for safe and efficient submarine project delivery. 

 

Vet, authorise, and release Work Authorities in line with the relevant Safety Case requirements. Manage Control Office Engineers responsible for administering the Submarine’s Lock Out Tag Out system. Maintain the master nuclear-implicated work sequencing document to support safe and structured execution. Attend coordination meetings to enable and deconflict work activities against the project schedule. Ensure nuclear, radiological, and product safety standards are upheld at all times.

 

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard

 

Essential experience of the Senior Work Control Office Engineer

Strong understanding of Control of Work, Safe Systems of Work, and Permit to Work processes. Solid knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and planning techniques. Proven experience managing technical teams. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for effective team coordination. Understanding of complex mechanical/electrical systems and experience in nuclear submarine repair and maintenance - Desirable

 

Qualifications for the Senior Work Control Office Engineer

NVQ Level 4 or equivalent experience in an engineering discipline. ILM Level 3 or equivalent in Leadership and Management, or comparable experience in a managerial role.

 

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually. ‘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.

 

Babcock International

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: 14/08/2025

 

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