Job Description

Configuration Engineer

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Location:
Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Configuration Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: 38,085.00 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70111

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Configuration Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Configuration Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Your work will ensure compliance with safety cases and contribute to the safe and effective operation of nuclear facilities - a role that truly makes a difference to national security and public safety.





Day-to-day, you'll provide technical configuration and administration support to the governance of activities within the Plant Management Group




Manage and co-ordinate Facility Procedure Authorisation Group meetings, documentation and configuration. Supervise configuration and due process activities for the Radioactive Waste Management Plant Management Group. Administer configuration tools to support governance activities. Champion accurate record retention to ensure safe work and compliance. Provide advice on due process and reviews to maintain regulatory standards.




This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Configuration Engineer

Excellent communication skills at all levels. Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise. Ability to work independently with a flexible attitude. Experience in a high-hazard or highly regulated industry (advantageous).

Qualifications for the Configuration Engineer

ONC (or equivalent) essential.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / 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. 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually. '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 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 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: 12/01/2026

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