Safety Engineer

We Served; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Job Title: Safety Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £45,692 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF71512

Shape the Safety Standards That Protect the Nation’s Most Critical Infrastructure

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 our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Safety Engineer, you’ll play a significant part in supporting the safe delivery and operation of vital defence infrastructure. Your work will underpin the statutory, regulatory and engineering processes that ensure the effective running of the UK’s naval facilities and nuclear‑licensed operations.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be preparing hazard identification and safety assessment documentation that meets nuclear site licence conditions, regulatory requirements and Babcock’s own internal standards. Working closely with Senior Safety Engineers, technical specialists and project teams, you’ll help ensure that all safety documentation is delivered accurately on time and aligned with operational needs.

• Preparing Hazard Identification and Safety Assessment documentation in line with agreed standards and statutory legislation.
• Ensuring safety documentation fully reflects the scope of operations and supports timely programme delivery.
• Identifying required remedial actions or additional technical/safety justifications and agreeing these with the Senior Safety Engineer.
• Delivering safety documentation that aligns with established safety strategies and approved safety engineering techniques.
• Supporting other Safety Assessment authors by providing quality review services within your area of expertise.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Safety Engineer

• Background in nuclear or radiological safety is highly beneficial, though not essential.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders and senior managers.
• Competence in producing technical documentation and navigating regulatory or highly controlled engineering environments.
• Proven ability to operate within structured processes and deliver high‑quality outputs to tight deadlines.

Qualifications for the Safety Engineer

• Degree in an Engineering or Scientific discipline and/or relevant experience.
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership.

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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 26/02/2026