Safety Engineer

Overview

Job Title: Safety Engineer
Location: Plymouth or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43,935 to £49,104 dependant on experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66060

Shape the future of submarine safety and engineering

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 Safety Engineer at one of our sites.

The role

As a Safety Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be at the heart of delivering safety and environmental solutions that support the UK's submarine capability. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to national defence while developing your career in a dynamic and forward thinking environment. You'll be part of a team that's driving innovation and excellence in engineering, helping to ensure the safety of complex systems and infrastructure.

Day-to-day, you'll support the delivery of technical outputs including:

• Providing safety and environmental advice to industry partners and stakeholders
• Producing high quality safety and environmental technical outputs
• Managing projects and ensuring technical assurance across safety and environmental workstreams
• Collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions
• Supporting the development of Babcock's Submarine Support Engineering capability

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.

Essential experience of the Safety Engineer

• Strong communication skills and experience in stakeholder engagement
• Safety and Environmental Management Training (SEMT) within the defence industry or similar highly regulated industry
• Project management experience and familiarity with delivering technical outputs in a contractual framework
• Demonstrable experience working within safety engineering

Qualifications for the Safety Engineer

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant STEM discipline

Security Clearance

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 GOV.UK (United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels).

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

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 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

Closing date: 06/11/2025