Senior Calibration Engineer

Job Title: Senior Calibration Engineer

Location: Plymouth

Compensation: £39,408.00 - £44,044.00

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF51330

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 Senior Calibration Engineer at our Devonport site.

The role

As a Senior Calibration Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary where you will be key in delivering support to our naval fleet, whilst ensuring quality and product safety. You will also be significant in supporting and developing colleagues within the Calibration team.

Day to day, you'll be required to carry out the test and calibration of mechanical instruments as well as providing day to day technical management of a small team of calibration engineers.

Responsibilities will also include:
Carrying out test and calibration of a wide variety of dimensional, pressure and temperature instruments within the mechanical calibration laboratories and issue / authorise calibration certificates and reports for work undertaken.
The compilation and delivery of new measurement protocols, data sheets and calibration procedures.
Providing technical leadership, training and development for calibration staff.
Supporting and demonstrating the calibration facility compliance to BS EN ISO 17025 and BS EN 10012, undertaking analysis of calibration data to minimise audit non-compliance and validate operation within the Company requirements e.g. uncertainty budgets and undertaking corrective actions as appropriate.

Essential experience of the Senior Calibration Engineer
Highly proficient with IT equipment, Office products and electronic workflows.

This role is based full time, onsite at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Qualifications for the Senior Calibration Engineer
NVQ Level 5 or equivalent recognised professional status, or NVQ Level 4 with significant experience in relevant engineering discipline.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance level for this role. You must be a sole UK National.

Our Benefits
Generous holiday allowance
Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
'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

For the full extensive Benefits package please visit our Careers pages

Babcock International

For over 130 years Babcock International have 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.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 05/06/2023

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