Chief Engineer
// Role Summary
Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams at the forefront of defence and land innovation as a Chief Engineer, ensuring the safety and reliability of critical vehicle capabilities. This role offers a chance to shape strategic and technical direction in a key sector.
// Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and technical leadership for defence and land vehicle engineering.
- Oversee system architecture, design, integration, and V&V activities.
- Serve as the primary technical interface with customers and stakeholders.
- Ensure technical integrity, safety, and performance of protected mobility vehicle systems.
- Requires proven experience leading complex engineering programmes.
- Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance.
// Role Specification
About Babcock International
Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation employing over 26,000 people dedicated to making a difference. We work to create a safe and secure world together, contributing to products and services essential for national security and public infrastructure. We are committed to building a future that lasts, offering meaningful careers with respect for work-life balance, a philosophy we call 'lifetime engineering'.
The Role: Chief Engineer
As a Chief Engineer, you will have an out-of-the-ordinary role, providing strategic and technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams working at the forefront of defence, Land, and engineering innovation. This is a unique opportunity to influence some of the UK’s most critical vehicle capability programmes, ensuring they are safe, reliable, resilient, and built to the highest technical standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering complex land vehicle programmes.
- Oversee system architecture development, design solutions, integration strategies, and verification and validation activities.
- Act as the primary technical interface with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Represent engineering at technical reviews, governance boards, and programme milestones.
- Ensure technical integrity, safety, and performance across all protected mobility vehicle systems.
What We're Looking For:
- Proven experience leading complex, multidisciplinary engineering programmes at a senior level.
- Strong understanding of land vehicle systems engineering, integration, and lifecycle management.
- Deep knowledge of defence standards, safety assurance, and regulatory compliance.
- Demonstrable leadership and stakeholder management capability.
- Ability to influence technical strategy in a high-integrity engineering environment.
Qualifications:
- HNC/HND or Degree in an Engineering discipline.
- Chartered Engineer status or working towards it (Desirable).
- Additional systems engineering, safety engineering or defence-accredited qualifications (Desirable).
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Eligibility for roles may be affected by place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and residency.
What We Offer:
- From £75,100 Dependant on Experience + Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces
- Holiday Trading scheme
- 'Be Kind Day' for volunteering
Working Arrangements:
This is a full-time, permanent role working 37 hours per week. Hybrid working patterns are available, with 2 days onsite per week expected at our Plymouth, Devon, or Bristol sites.
Inclusion:
Babcock is a disability confident committed employer. We are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working and offer reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages.