Engineering Delivery Manager

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Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66756

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Engineering Delivery Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As anEngineering Delivery Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Join the Major Infrastructure Projects (MIP) team driving critical facility development at Devonport to support future MOD ship and submarine programmes, including Astute Class submarine maintenance.

Day-to-day, you'll lead the development and delivery of design solutions to fulfil the demands of the nuclear and conventional facilities across Devonport Royal .

• Lead delivery of nuclear infrastructure projects within the Major Infrastructure Programme.
• Manage and guide a team of Design Managers/Engineers, ensuring technical oversight, competence, and alignment with business priorities.
• Develop and implement effective supply chain and resourcing strategies to support project success.
• Apply strong engineering and resource management skills to coordinate multidisciplinary design teams.
• Ensure design outputs meet customer requirements and are delivered within agreed scope, quality, and time constraints.

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

Essential experience of the Engineering Delivery Manager

• Strong technical and resource management skills to lead and manage Design Managers, ensuring team capability and delivery of compliant design solutions.
• Possess strong knowledge of support equipment design; MOD provisioning experience is advantageous.
• Apply systems engineering across the lifecycle to deliver effective solutions in complex environments.
• Experienced in delivering facility designs and upgrades on nuclear licensed sites.

Qualifications for the Engineering Delivery Manager

• Degree in a STEM subject or equivalent experience, with Chartered/Incorporated Engineer status or evidence of progression toward it.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution; Chartered Engineer or Chartered Manager preferred.

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 ()

What we offer

• 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 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.