Assistant Naval Architect

Job Title: Assistant Naval Architect
Location: Devonport, Plymouth
Compensation: £38,556 - £46,882
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60190

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 Assistant Naval Architect at our Devonport site.

The role
As an Assistant Naval Architect, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This is a highly prestigious position within our marine sector covering in-service support and complex shipbuilding programmes. This role will provide you with the opportunity to deliver naval architecture solutions within an exciting, interesting team environment. Each week will provide you with new challenges that will develop your skills and knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Develop into the role of a Naval Architect
• Support Naval Architect team delivery for customer
• Develop and enhance academic understanding
• Undertake tasks supported by Naval Architects
• Gain experience in Naval architecture

This role is full time and is a hybrid role with a mixture of working onsite at Devonport and working from home.

Essential experience:

• Experience in the marine industry
• Experience with appropriate analytical software such as stability software (Paramarine, NAPA, FORAN, Maxsurf), FEA, CFD and/or CAD

Qualifications:

• Either Degree qualified or HND/HNC level qualification in an engineering discipline with experience in relevant field
• Ideally you will be a member of a relevant institution (e.g. RINA, IET, IMechE, IMarEst etc.) and working towards Incorporated or Chartered status

Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 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: 06/01/2025