Configuration Management Engineering Technician

We Served; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence company is seeking a Configuration Management Engineering Technician in Portsmouth. This role focuses on maintaining the integrity of the Royal Navy's records within a collaborative environment. Candidates must have strong communication skills, the ability to interpret technical documents, and familiarity with Configuration Management tools. This position offers a full-time schedule with hybrid working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package including generous holidays and pension contributions.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for armed forces reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Development opportunities and employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience interpreting technical data from drawings and documentation.
• Proven track record of communication with stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Configuration Management tools required.
• Experience in MoD maritime environments preferred.
• Ability to present technical data clearly in team settings.

Responsibilities

• Extract data from technical documents to maintain fit definitions.
• Ensure compliance with project procedures and quality plans.
• Support other Configuration Engineers and collaborate across teams.
• Conduct ship visits for configuration audits.
• Update SSDD considering impacts on data interfaces.

Skills

Ability to interpret technical data

Strong communication skills

IT literacy

Engineering experience

Team-oriented

Education

ONC or equivalent engineering academic qualification

Tools

Configuration Management tools (e.g., SSDD)

Job description

Job Title: Configuration Management Engineering Technician

Location: Cosham, Portsmouth + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: From £35,085 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70307

Shape the future of naval engineering

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if join us, you can play your part as a Configuration Management Engineering Technician at our Lakeside site.

The role

As a Configuration Management Engineering Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of maintaining the integrity of the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Surface Ship definitions. Working within our Master Record Data Centre (MRDC) team, you’ll help ensure millions of records remain accurate and accessible, supporting national defence and maritime operations. This is a role that makes a real difference - not only to the business but to the security of the UK.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Screen and extract relevant data from technical documents, drawings, and specifications to maintain ship fit definitions in SSDD.
• Ensure all tasks comply with project procedures and quality plans, identifying improvements where possible.
• Support other Configuration Engineers and collaborate across teams.
• Undertake ship visits to support configuration audits.
• Update SSDD while considering impacts on data interfaces and schedules.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Configuration Management Engineering Technician

• Ability to interpret technical data from drawings and documentation.
• Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• IT literacy, ideally with experience using Configuration Management tools (e.g., SSDD).
• Engineering experience desirable, particularly within MoD maritime environments.
• Team-oriented with the ability to present technical data clearly.

Qualifications for the Configuration Management Engineering Technician

• ONC or equivalent engineering academic qualification.

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 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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 [e-mail] 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: 12/01/2026