Senior Naval Architect

As a Senior Naval Architect, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. The waterfront is a continually evolving environment, which is going through a period of modernisation. As such there is the opportunity to help shape the future infrastructure of the dockyard, helping to make it more efficient and safer to operate. While at the same time, keeping the existing facilities in service. Day-to-day, you'll form part of a core team, dedicated to keeping the waterfront of Devonport Royal Dockyard available and suitable for the berthing of the Royal Navy's surface ships and submarines.

• Provide professional engineering / design authority support to waterfront and floating assets.
• Manage the through life support for floating assets.
• Act as Survey Controller for floating assets, specifying refit and repair packages, and post-refit asset acceptance.
• Prepare design estimates, schedules, tenders and technical substantiations, whilst monitoring spends to ensure assigned projects and tasks are completed on time, in cost, and to the required quality.
• Develop future waterfront assets with the MoD customer, forming statements of requirements, and specifications, ensuring they meet future operational demands
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.


• Excellent personal management, communication and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks, and to deliver in a complex environment
• Experience in AutoCAD or other design software.
• To poses an understanding of survey / NDE techniques, repair alternatives and standards.
• To poses an understanding of vessel / afloat plant construction.
• An analytical and proactive approach to problem solving., Must have a degree in Naval Architecture, or another engineering, science, or technology discipline.
• Has achieved (or can demonstrate the competencies required for) Chartered or Incorporated Engineer Status with the UK Engineering Council and holds full membership of a relevant engineering institute
Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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 Devonport Royal Dockyard 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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