Berthing Services Project Engineer
// Role Summary
Join Babcock as a Berthing Services Project Engineer in Plymouth, playing a vital role in supporting national defence capabilities through efficient vessel movements and marine services. This permanent, full-time role offers a chance to develop expertise in a unique and rewarding environment.
// Key Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end service requests for vessel movements and waterfront operations.
- Coordinate berthing schedules for safe, efficient, and timely vessel executions.
- Collaborate with teams to resolve issues and balance competing operational priorities.
- Monitor and coordinate maintenance for critical waterfront assets.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance.
- Requires Security Check (SC) clearance.
// Role Specification
Berthing Services Project Engineer
At Babcock, we are dedicated to creating a safe and secure world. Join us as a Berthing Services Project Engineer at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard site and contribute to this mission.
The Role
As a Berthing Services Project Engineer, you will be instrumental in supporting vessel movements and essential marine services that bolster national defence capabilities. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-performing team responsible for coordinating critical berthing activities, managing operational priorities, and ensuring the availability of key infrastructure and assets. You will engage closely with a diverse range of stakeholders, contributing to safe, efficient, and effective operations while cultivating your expertise in project engineering and operational planning within a distinctive and gratifying setting.
In this role, you will be an integral part of a highly regarded operational team that facilitates the safe arrival, departure, and servicing of vessels at Devonport Royal Dockyard. This position provides the chance to make a substantial impact on complex waterfront operations and gain valuable experience in project engineering, planning, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing end-to-end service requests relating to vessel movements, waste services, and waterfront operations.
- Coordinating berthing schedules to ensure safe, efficient, and timely execution of operational activities.
- Collaborating with operational teams and berthing officers to resolve issues and balance competing priorities.
- Monitoring and coordinating maintenance schedules for critical waterfront assets to maximise operational availability.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with contractual, legislative, and regulatory requirements.
This role is full-time, 35 hours per week, and is based on-site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential Experience:
- Planning and scheduling experience within an operational, engineering, or project environment.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Word.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proven problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to delivering solutions.
Qualifications:
Essential:
- Relevant engineering, project management, or technical qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of Maximo, Coupa, SAP, and Waterfront Contract System software.
- Project management qualifications or professional memberships.
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National and able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. 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.
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: Opportunity to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
- ‘Be Kind Day’: One paid working day per year for volunteering.
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package, including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
About Babcock:
We are Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference. Your work will contribute to products and services essential to national security and public infrastructure, from initial design to final decommissioning. We are building a future that lasts, offering meaningful careers that respect work-life balance. We call that lifetime engineering.
We are a disability confident, committed employer. If you require reasonable adjustments during the application and selection process, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements.