Job Title: Structures Engineer
Location: Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Role Type: Full time, Permanent position
Role ID: SF41080
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 Structures Engineer at our Babcock Technology Centre, in Bristol.
Babcock Submarine Support Engineering's (SSE) mission is to deliver submarine programme and engineering excellence through enterprise collaboration, innovation, and analytics. Within Babcock SSE, the Constructive Group support the Royal Navy Submarine Fleet through the Structures, Naval Architecture, Seamanship and Outfitting and Design Change disciplines.
The role
As a Structures Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This role is highly rewarding with visible contributions to the defence capability of the UK, helping to keep the Royal Navy at sea and fighting fit.
This role will allow the successful candidate to work on a wide range of projects on complex assets. Day-to-day, you'll:
- Structural assessment using hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis.
- Design and assessment for explosive shock survivability.
- Platform surveys and validation exercises.
- Generation of capability upgrades.
- Technical investigations and feasibility studies.
- Trials and testing.
- Management and assessment of structural defects.
- Structural safety certification; and
- Support to future platform projects.
This role is full time OR part time, 36 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office and days working from home.
Essential experience of the Structures Engineer
Experience of marine structures and submarines is not a requirement, as the right candidate will be given the support and means to learn within a fast paced and challenging engineering environment. This role will suit candidates with a background in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths; looking for a change in direction and a strong desire to develop themselves, as well as people with existing experience within the defence engineering sector. Experience in finite element analysis software such as Ansys,
Qualifications for the Structures Engineer
Degree qualified in a STEM discipline (or equivalent experience).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).
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.
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
- '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.
- Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
- Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer.
- 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 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.
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