Babcock
Senior Structures Engineer
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Senior Structures Engineer
Senior Structures Engineer
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation: Up to £65,981.00 (varies with experience) + Benefits Role Type: Full-time / Permanent Role Reference: SF70262
About the Role
Shape the Future of Defence Engineering
At Babcock, we’re focused on building a safer and more secure world. If you’re excited by the prospect of joining Babcock as a Senior Structures Engineer at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard, this is your opportunity to shape defences and advance your career in an active engineering context.
As a Senior Structures Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of ensuring the Royal Navy Submarine Fleet’s capabilities through:
- Innovative structural design solutions
- High-impact projects that protect national security
- Dynamic, career-enhancing work with tangible impact
Your role will intersect with: ✔ Directing technical outputs and coordinating multidisciplinary teamwork ✔ Utilising hand calculations and finite element analysis for structural assessments ✔ Ensuring explosive shock survivability and addressing structural defects ✔ Driving capability upgrades essential for future submarine platforms
Working Arrangements: Full-time, 35 hours per week, with hybrid working (2 days in office/onsite, 3 days remote).
Key Responsibilities
The role spans critical defence activities, including:
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- Leading technical development within the Structures team
- Delivering project management and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Guiding engineering outputs across diverse, complex programmes
Essential Requirements
- Proven experience in structural analysis and engineering design
- Strong project management and technical communication skills
- Ability to thrive in complex, fast-paced environments
- A collaborative mindset, with influence across levels within the organisation
Qualifications & Licences Required
- Degree in a STEM discipline, or equivalent experience
- Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status (orottected by obtaining it)
- Membership or engagement with a relevant professional engineering institute
Critical Security Note
Candidates must be:
- Sole UK nationals
- Legally permitted to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance Eligibility may be limited due to national security measures. Further guidance is available here.
Benefits Package
Our commitment to our colleagues includes:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Pension scheme with matched contributions, including life assurance
- Aviva DigiCare+ – access to digital GP services, annual health checks, and nutritional consultations
- Employee share scheme
- Shopping savings portal with exclusive discounts
- Assistance for professional fee payments
- Reservists in the armed forces enjoy 10 days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading: Flexible exchange of annual leave (opportunity open Feb–Mar annually)
- Inspiring career opportunities through targeted development programs
- Be Kind Day: One paid day off per year to volunteer with approved charities
- Employee Assistance Programme (holistic NHS-level support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing)
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Unique Working Culture at Babcock
As a FTSE 100 company, Babcock unites 26,000+ engineers and specialists with one mission: designing, building, and supporting critical infrastructure essential to national security and public infrastructure. Employees are equipped to drive innovation, safety, and resilience from initial design to final decommissioning.
We call it Lifetime Engineering. Here, meaningful careers are built with work-life balance at their core.
Join us.
Commitment to Diversity
Babcock is a disability confident employer. If you have any accessibility needs for the application process, please reach out with:
- Email: careers@babcockinternational.com
- Subject: 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'
We actively encourage flexible work patterns. If you’d like to discuss alternatives during interviews, don’t hesitate to ask.
Application Deadline
27 July 2026
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