Senior Electrical Engineer

Babcock International

Senior Electrical Engineer

Salary Not Specified

Babcock International, Ashchurch, Gloucestershire

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 6 days ago, 12 Sep | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 1bf2d8ec07744ff697ef229cc50df424

Full Job Description

As a Senior Electrical Engineer you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll provide electrical engineering and design services for a portfolio of projects across multiple geographical locations. Acting as the Subject Matter Expert, you'll beresponsible as the authorising electrician for the Intelligence and Security business unit.

Day to day, you'll work on a range of engineering problems involving high levels of complexity and uncertainty, providing help and direction to less experienced team members to support both their effective working, and their development.

  • Lead as the electrical authority, representing the Intelligence and Security (I&S) BU for all approvals, sign offs and briefings relating to the skillset.

  • Sign off delivery of engineering work packages to agreed budget, timescales, requirements and quality objectives.

  • Ensurie that the appropriate engineering documentation is produced, reviewed and signed off in accordance with Babcock and industry standards

  • Elicit project requirements from the customer or FM provider and ensure that the requirements are accurately documented and include agreed acceptance criteria prior to creating any project estimates.

  • Provide electrical engineering support to PMs as required as well as competency assessment for the installation team to ensure compliance.

  • Ensure that all assigned projects comply with the change control requirements of the Business Unit.

  • Completion of CE approval activities including documentation as well as management and control of specialist engineering subcontractors.


  • This role is full time, 37 hours per week, and based at our Ashchurch site in Gloucestershire with hybrid working from home arrangements.

  • Ability to report clearly on events both verbally and in written form, including good technical specification, feasibility and report writing skills, applicable to a broad audience at all levels of seniority, both internally and externally.

  • To be able to communicate technically with external professionals on an equal standing, to give advice and to seek future opportunities.

  • Knowledge of CE marking requirements/legislation.


  • Qualifications of the Senior Electrical Engineer
  • Must hold a relevant engineering degree level, or alternatively HNC/HND qualification.

  • Full current UK driving licence


  • Security Clearance
    The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role and eventually Developed Vetting (DV).

    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 Electrical Engineer at our Ashchurch site.

    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

  • Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.

  • Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer.

  • Opportunity to work with innovative technology.


  • 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.