Job Title: Head of Mechanical Systems Group
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Circa £70,000 - £75,000 dependent upon experience + Bonus + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60482
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as Head of Mechanical Systems Group at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As Head of Mechanical Systems Group, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Many of the mechanical systems that you will be the technical authority for, involve significant nuclear safety considerations, as well as being key to the successful delivery of customer platform maintenance programmes, thus making this a critical role in our business.
Day-to-day, you'll lead the Mechanical Systems Group which comprises of the Mechanical Services Group, the Mechanical Building Services Group and the Maintenance Policy Group. These groups oversee the specification, design, survey, inspection and maintenance prescription for all of the mechanical cross site services, mechanical building services including nuclear implicated Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), for which Babcock is the Design Authority within Devonport.
Responsibilities of the Head of Mechanical Systems Group include:
- Growing and developing a team of professional Engineers, currently 35 - 40 in number
- Providing technical analysis, advice and engineering outputs to the Facility Design Authorities for both Nuclear and Non-Nuclear facilities within HMNB Devonport
- Prioritising the allocation of Engineers to support a wide range of critical projects and key customers
- Reviewing and approving technical documentation relating to critical assets in support of Nuclear Submarine programmes
- Reviewing and approving often complex technical specifications, drawings and design documentation
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 2 days in the office/onsite.
Essential experience of the Head of Mechanical Systems Group:
- Strong mechanical engineering technical background
- Significant experience of managing teams of professional engineers in a related industry, preferably in areas where safety is paramount and processes are governed by legislation and regulators
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, due to the levels of stakeholder management
- Extensive experience of the design lifecycle
- A logical approach to problem solving.
Qualifications for the Head of Mechanical Systems Group:
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in an appropriate discipline
- Preferably Chartered Engineer, or have significant demonstrable equivalence and be working towards registration as a Chartered Engineer, with a relevant professional engineering institution.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and 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.
What we offer
- Private Medical Insurance
- 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 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
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.
Closing date: 29/11/2024
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