Electrical Engineering Technician

Job Title:                     Electrical Engineering Technician 
Location:                     Plymouth, Devon
Compensation:           £30,800 - £41,600 dependant upon experience + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                       SF73227

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical Engineering Technician at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.  

The role
As an Electrical Engineering Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be working with the Support business in the delivery of complex deep maintenance periods for the Royal Navy’s Type 23 Frigates Weapons Engineering Department.

Day-to-day, you’ll be assisting to maintain electrical and electronic systems and equipment onboard vessels in deep maintenance periods and contributing to the regeneration of systems and equipment to full operational condition ready for tests and trials by:

• Conducting maintenance of dedicated electrical, weapons, communications and electronic systems and equipment


• Reporting on system equipment and condition to ensure stakeholder awareness for future operation 


• Rectifying defects of equipment 

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

 Essential experience of the Electrical Engineering Technician:

• Qualified electrical or electronic engineer with good engineering standards 


• Must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job, you will be required to work onboard ships to carry out upkeeping duties on a regular basis. 


• IT skills and ability to generate defect reports and populate information into a maintenance management system


• Adaptable and demonstrate flexibility to work across a variety of different tasks which could include general marine maintenance tasks  


• A proactive attitude 


• Good communication skills 

Qualifications for the Electrical Engineering Technician:

• Level 3 NVQ or BTEC, or equivalent qualification in an electrical/electronic engineering specialisation

 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. 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: 01/07/2026