Principal Test Specialist - Mechanical, Joint Test Group

Location
Victoria, British Columbia, CA, V8Z 0B9

Onsite or Hybrid

Compensation
Expected Salary: $86,879 to $115,838. To determine final salary, Babcock considers a variety of factors including the successful candidate’s skills and experience and internal equity. The final base salary offer is at the company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.

Your Role
In a complex world marked by the threat of war, natural disasters, and geopolitical instability, national security has never been more important. Babcock is an international defence company providing support and product solutions to enhance our customers’ defence capabilities and critical assets. Our Canadian team combines talent and expertise with deep global knowledge from operations in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australasia and Africa.

Working for us, you’ll help ensure that Canada’s critical services and assets are readily available, reliable, and capable for our defence and civil customers and contribute to Babcock’s purpose, ‘Creating a safe and secure world, together.’

Be part of something big. Babcock is a people business. Our people and customers matter most to us. Here you will experience a challenging and rewarding work environment with the support you need to deliver and thrive in your career alongside inclusive teams that respect your skills and dedication.

Our Babcock Principles

Be Curious – We believe in challenging the status quo and asking, ‘how might we?’

Think:
Outcomes – We believe in measuring success by the results we deliver and the positive impact we make

Be Kind – We believe in being kind to ourselves, kind to each other, and kind to our planet.

Collaborate – We believe that Babcock is greater than the sum of its parts.

Be Courageous – We believe in being brave, ambitious, and determined.

Own and Deliver – We believe everybody has a part to play in Babcock’s and our customers’ success.

Responsibilities

Maintain awareness of project schedules, ensuring Joint Test Group (JTG) taskings are executed in accordance with agreed milestones and service level agreements to support the safe and timely delivery of project deliverables.

Assess work packages, emergent work, and engineering changes to define testing and verification requirements for Victoria Class Submarine (VCS) systems and equipment.

Lead the review and approval of test and commissioning procedures, ensuring compliance with applicable technical specifications, standards and governance requirements.

Maintain working knowledge of relevant industry standards and best practices applicable to submarine system testing and commissioning activities.

Monitor and track defects, ensuring appropriate retesting is conducted and recorded to demonstrate resolution and system operability.

Coordinate and lead meetings of the Mechanical and Naval Architect Joint Test Groups to ensure test documentation is available to support the testing schedule and verification of results to support the delivery schedule of the submarine projects.

Be responsive to the Joint Test Group Chairman for dynamic program delivery requirements in a shipyard waterfront environment.

Identify, assess, and elevate risks and opportunities during the course of testing and maintenance, supporting effective decision-making and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Graduated from a recognized institution with post‑secondary education or completed an apprenticeship in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience.

Professional registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng), Applied Science Technologist (AScT) or Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.) with the applicable provincial association or eligibility to complete such designation within 12 months of employment.

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