Senior Mechanical Handling Engineer

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Handling Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £44,600 - £55,800 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74464

• Deliver mechanical handling and defuel tooling engineering activities to agreed scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements.
• Update and review detailed design documentation (primarily design reports and OMM's) to as-built status.
• Ensure compliance with quality management processes, engineering standards and Babcock's Business Management System.
• Support configuration management, quality control activities and the maintenance of accurate project documentation.
• Promote safe working practices by identifying hazards, supporting risk assessments and communicating engineering risks effectively.
• Addressing and close-out of TQ's/CR's.

• Experience designing mechanical handling systems and lifting equipment, ideally within highly regulated industries such as nuclear and defence.
• Strong understanding of engineering design principles, safety requirements and quality standards.
• Working knowledge of relevant engineering software and computer-based engineering applications.
• Experience producing and supporting engineering design justifications.
• Demonstrable experience in technical design development and engineering problem-solving.

• Degree, or equivalent qualification, in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.

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).

• 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. '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 29,000 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 24/09/2026