Senior Process Engineer

We Served; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Process Engineer in Plymouth with hybrid working arrangements. The role requires managing design and engineering processes while ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates have strong mechanical engineering skills, experience in pressure systems, and at least HND/FdSc in engineering. The position offers competitive compensation and various employee benefits, including professional development opportunities and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP access

Employee share scheme

Professional fees payment

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering work

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering principles for pressure and pipework systems.
• Knowledge of the design lifecycle and project specification processes.
• Experience in planning, budgeting, and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development and delivery of designs through all lifecycle phases.
• Managing and mentoring a small team of engineers.
• Producing, checking, and approving technical documentation and drawings.

Skills

Mechanical engineering principles

Pressure systems

CAD

Fluid flow analysis

Nuclear plant design

Education

HND/FdSc/FdEng or equivalent in mechanical/process engineering

Job description

Job Title: Senior Process Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £51,941 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70663

Shape the Future of Defence Engineering

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 Process Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Senior Process Engineer, you’ll have a role where your expertise will make a tangible difference to national security while accelerating your career development in a dynamic and highly specialised environment.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be at the heart of the nation’s defence infrastructure, providing expert engineering guidance and leading critical process design work. Your contribution will safeguard the integrity of nuclear plant and equipment across both Devonport’s Nuclear Licensed Site and the MoD’s Authorised Site.

• Leading the development and delivery of designs through all lifecycle phases
• Managing and mentoring a small team of engineers
• Producing, checking, and approving technical documentation and drawings
• Conducting engineering analyses, including structural and fluid flow simulations
• Ensuring compliance with nuclear site licence conditions, statutory legislation, and design codes

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 3 days in the office/onsite.

Essential experience of the Senior Process Engineer

• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering principles for pressure and pipework systems
• Knowledge of the design lifecycle and project specification processes
• Experience in planning, budgeting, and technical documentation
• Expertise in one or more areas: pressure systems, CAD, component simulation, fluid flow analysis, or nuclear plant design

Qualifications for the Senior Process Engineer

• Minimum HND/FdSc/FdEng or equivalent in mechanical/process engineering
• Professional registration with an engineering institution

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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: 26/01/2026

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