Babcock International Group
Senior Fire Safety Engineer
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Senior Fire Safety Engineer
Senior Fire Safety Engineer
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute Compensation: Competitive salary + benefits Role: Full-time / Permanent Role ID: SF71047
Making Every Moment Count in Protecting People, Assets and National Security
At Babcock, we’re dedicated to creating a safer and more secure global community. If you join us, you’ll contribute as a Senior Fire Safety Engineer at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site, playing a crucial role in safeguarding critical defence assets.
The Role
As a Senior Fire Safety Engineer, you’ll bring specialised expertise to protect UK defence assets, ensuring safety for personnel, infrastructure, and operations. This impactful role involves Guiding major engineering decisions, collaborating with design teams, and strengthening safety cases in a complex, high-stakes environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide subject matter expert (SME) fire safety advice to internal teams, the Ministry of Defence, and external stakeholders.
- Review fire system designs, upgrades, and new projects, ensuring compliance with regulations and best practices.
- Identify and address fire safety shortfalls, formulating robust improvement recommendations.
- Build strategic relationships with stakeholders to drive compliant and collaborative delivery.
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This role is on-site at HMNB Clyde Faslane, operating 36 hours per week.
Essential Experience & Qualifications
Experience Required
- Deep understanding of fire codes, regulations, and compliance standards.
- Knowledge of facility infrastructure and fire safety operations.
- Hands-on experience in fire system design.
- Experience analysing fire systems for new projects and upgrades, including *annual fire safety compliance audits.
Qualifications
- Fire Alarms Modules 1 & 2.
- NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety.
- Degree in Engineering with a fire safety specialism (undergraduate or postgraduate).
- Level 4 Certificate or HNC in Fire Safety (Fire Auditors qualification).
- Fire Protection Association Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment.
Security Clearance Requirement
Applicants must be eligible for and able to maintain a Security Check (SC) clearance. Certain roles may have additional national security vetting requirements. More details are available on the UK Security Vetting – GOV.UK page.
What We Offer
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Matched pension scheme with life assurance.
- Access to Digital GP, annual health checks, and nutritional consultations via Aviva DigiCare+.
- Employee shopping savings portal.
- Professional fee payments.
- 10-days paid special leave for service reservists.
- "Holiday Trading" – buy or sell up to one week of annual leave (eligible Feb–Mar annually).
- "Be Kind Day" – one paid working day per year to volunteer for charity.
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Why Babcock?
Babcock is a global FTSE 100 company, connecting over 26,000 employees worldwide in defence, infrastructure, and energy.
As part of Babcock, you’ll contribute to mission-critical work affecting national security. Your career will align with a sustainable future, balancing professional growth with real work-life balance. We call this lifetime engineering.
Join us and see the impact we can achieve together.
Inclusivity & Flexibility
We’re a disability-confident employer. If you require reasonable adjustments during the application process or need to discuss flexible work arrangements, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject: “Reasonable adjustments requirement”.
Closing date: 20/07/2026
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