Configuration Engineer

Job Title:             Configuration Engineer
Location:             Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:   Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF 71469

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 Ashton Vale, Bristol site, alongside various locations including Tewksbury and Plymouth.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Configuration Engineer to join our dynamic team at Babcock Mission Systems. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the management configuration processes, documents and overall management for within a project/programme for our mission-critical systems and projects.

Requires in-depth knowledge and experience to solve complex problems with minimal guidance. May be required to take a new perspective on existing solutions based on best practices and knowledge of internal and external business issues, and exercise judgement based on the analysis and expertise. You’ll be supporting from the design phase, and progress this to ensure that configuration is managed effectively throughout the product lifecycle for the multiple different configurations that will exist through the in-service phase.

Key Responsibilities:

Day-to-day, you’ll play a pivotal role in managing and overseeing the configuration management processes for our mission-critical systems and projects.

• Develop, implement, and maintain configuration management plans, policies, and procedures. Ensure the integrity and consistency of configuration data throughout the engineering/project lifecycle.


• Oversee the configuration status accounting and reporting processes. Through Identifying and mitigate risks related to configuration management throughout the engineering lifecycle


• Define, manage and run configuration control boards (CCBs) and facilitate configuration audits and reviews. Ensure to coordinate with all engineering disciplines, quality assurance, and project management teams to ensure compliance with configuration management standards.


• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the configuration management for the overall engineering function.


• Provide guidance and training to team members on configuration management best practices. Through the delivery of engineering and technical activities, with the application of process, domain knowledge and experience.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is adaptable and can be delivered from various locations including Tewksbury, Plymouth and wider Bristol as well as working from home arrangements.

Essential Experience of the Configuration Engineer

• Strong knowledge of configuration management standards and practices (e.g., Def Stan 05-57, ISO 10007, CMMI).


• Significant years of experience in configuration management, preferably within the defence industry.


• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.


• Proficiency in configuration management tools and software with a strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Qualifications for the Configuration Engineer

• Certification in Configuration Management (e.g., CMII, CMPIC) is a plus.


• Formal qualifications in Engineering (min level 5) such as HNC/HND or equivalent experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be 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).

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. 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 26,000 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 [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: 24/02/2026

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