Location:
Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG
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Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Job Title: Senior Structures Engineer
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £65,981.00 dependent upon experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70262
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 Structures Engineer at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Senior Structures Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of supporting the Royal Navy Submarine Fleet through innovative structural design and engineering solutions. This is your chance to work on complex, high-impact projects that safeguard national security while advancing your career in a dynamic and rewarding environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll lead the development of section capabilities within the Structures team while providing technical support across the wider business. You’ll take ownership of directing technical outputs, coordinating activity and collaborating with multi‑disciplinary teams. Your work will span a diverse range of projects on complex assets, which may include:
Directing technical outputs and coordinating multidisciplinary activities.
Performing structural assessments using hand calculations and finite element analysis.
Designing for explosive shock survivability and managing structural defects.
Driving capability upgrades and supporting future platform projects.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.
Essential experience of the Senior Structures Engineer
Proven experience in structural analysis and design.
Strong project management and communication skills.
Excellent organisational ability to deliver in complex environments.
Collaborative approach with the ability to influence at all levels.
Qualifications for the Senior Structures Engineer
Degree in a STEM discipline (or equivalent experience).
Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status (or ability to demonstrate required competencies) with full membership of a relevant engineering institute.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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
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
[email protected] 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: 27/07/2026
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