Senior Project Engineer

Senior Project Engineer
SF32481
Devonport Royal Dockyard, Plymouth
Starting Salary: £36,525

About the role
We're looking for a Senior Project Engineer within the Strategic Infrastructure (Estates Department) to join us at HMNB Devonport, one of the largest naval bases in Western Europe. We're a key strategic partner to our customers; the MOD and the Royal Navy. We ensure that the UK Royal Navy goes to sea safely by supporting them in Devonport and around the world, delivering complex ship and submarine sustainment programmes and applying our core strengths of technology and expertise to sustain critical and complex assets to help maintain national security.

You will provide engineering support for Babcock Strategic Infrastructure (Estates department) in support of the MSDF (Maritime Support Delivery Framework) contract and the upcoming new contract FMSP (Future Maritime Support Programme). Estates provide maintenance to the Dockyard infrastructure, to enable Babcock to maintain the Navy fleet.

As the Senior Project Engineer you will manage specific property and facility projects within Devonport Dockyard and Naval Base Estates from concept, feasibility and Design stages, through implementation and to formal hand-over.

You will manage interfaces of the various groups, both internal and external to Babcock M & T, as necessary during projects on both the Babcock M & T and MoD owned estates. To ensure compliance with appropriate statutory, health, safety and environmental requirements for any plant, process or project for which the Post Holder is responsible and provide assistance to helpdesk call centre and operatives on clarification of reactive maintenance work orders

What do I need to do the role?
You will have an HNC or equivalent qualification or considerable Project Management experience, ILM level 3.

We would also like you to have the following:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills are essential attributes as is the ability to work well under pressure and with the minimum supervision.
• Considerable experience in managing Sub-Contractors. Have significant experience in B & C or M & E Discipline's.
• Served a recognised apprenticeship
• Good knowledge of industry Health & Safety practices and Risk assessments.
• Asbestos Awareness
• Association of Project Managers (APM)

Lastly you will have a good knowledge and application of Microsoft Office Suite and IOSH.

What else do I need to know?

• The successful candidate will need to satisfy Ministry of Defence security requirements. This may require you to hold or be eligible/capable of achieving 'Security Check' (SC) clearance.
• We are happy to talk about flexible working. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.