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Engineering Design Manager

Babcock 🇬🇧 Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Hybrid $56,837 - $60,000 Full-time Senior

Lead the delivery of complex engineering design solutions for critical defence and infrastructure programmes. Act as a technical authority ensuring designs are safe, compliant, and fit for purpose across nuclear and non-nuclear environments.

Responsibilities

  • Leading the technical delivery of engineering design projects from concept through to handover
  • Managing design scope, resources, risks, and delivery to meet quality, time, and budget requirements
  • Acting as the technical authority and primary point of contact for design-related activities
  • Coordinating internal and external stakeholders to deliver complex design solutions
  • Ensuring designs meet safety, regulatory, and operational requirements throughout the lifecycle

Requirements

  • Strong technical background within engineering, construction, or infrastructure environments
  • Proven experience managing the design lifecycle and solving complex engineering challenges
  • Understanding of design and safety requirements within regulated or safety-critical industries
  • Ability to engage and influence stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills

Benefits

  • 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 shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees

Key Skills

Engineering Design Project Management Technical Leadership Communication Collaboration Problem-solving Time management Attention to detail Design principles Safety regulations Quality management Budgeting Risk management

About Babcock

Babcock is a FTSE 100 defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets. Our Purpose, to create a safe and secure world, together, defines our strategy. We support and enhance our customers’ defence and security capabilities and critical assets through a range of product and service solutions. We meet our customers’ requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility. These projects take all different kinds of professionals, from chartered engineers and project managers, to naval architects, data analysts and everything in between. To bring through the next generation of engineering and business experts, we offer apprenticeships and roles for students, graduates and fully-qualified professionals. There’s never been a better time to join us. Whether you’re looking for a new business management project or engineering role, join Babcock and grow with us. Babco

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