Configuration Engineer (Portsmouth, GB, PO6 3EN) presso Babcock International Group

Job Title:                     Configuration Engineer  

Location:                     Portsmouth, Hampshire

Compensation:            Band 3 - £38,085

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent 

Role ID:                       SF66408

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 Portsmouth Lakeside site.

The role

As a Configuration Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a key role in delivering configuration management solutions for in-service Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary surface ships, directly supporting the Ministry of Defence. Your work will ensure the integrity, traceability, and operational readiness of critical maritime defence assets across the UK’s naval fleet.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Extract and update configuration data from drawings, specs, and design docs to maintain SSDD.
• Support configuration audits through ship visits.
• Prepare process documents and stakeholder reports as needed.
• Attend internal meetings to discuss configuration issues.
• Follow project procedures and quality plans, identifying improvements and resolving issues.

This role is full time and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite.

Essential experience of the Configuration Engineer:

• Engineering experience with an understanding of support activities in maritime environments.
• Ability to interpret and present technical data issues clearly within internal teams.
• Skilled in reading and analysing technical drawings and documentation.
• Excellent IT proficiency and high attention to detail for accurate data entry.
• Physically capable of working onboard naval vessels as required by the role.

Qualifications for the Configuration Engineer:

• ONC or equivalent qualification in an engineering discipline, demonstrating foundational technical knowledge and academic achievement.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and 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).

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 [email protected] 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: 15/08/2025

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