Digital Engineering Lead

Job Title:

Digital Engineering Lead

Location:

Bristol, Leicester or Warrington + Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation:
Competitive + Benefits Role Type:
Full time / Permanent Role

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 Digital Engineering Lead at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

As a Digital Engineering Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in transforming how major nuclear and defence programmes are delivered through digital innovation. Acting as the bridge between strategy and execution, you'll lead the operational delivery of digital engineering capabilities across a complex project portfolio, ensuring that digital tools, standards, data governance and information management practices create measurable value.

Day-to-day, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to influence some of the UK's most critical infrastructure and national security programmes while developing a high-performing digital engineering function. You'll collaborate with senior leaders, project teams, customers and technical specialists to drive efficiency, quality and innovation across the business.

• Leading the operational delivery of Digital Engineering across complex programmes and projects.
• Embedding digital tools, standards, information management processes and data workflows into live project environments.
• Collaborating with project managers, delivery teams and customers to implement practical, value-driven digital solutions.
• Establishing governance, assurance and compliance processes that support regulatory, security and client requirements.
• Developing and leading a high-performing Digital Engineering capability while supporting talent development across the function.

This role is full time 35, hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

• Proven experience leading Digital Engineering, Building Information Modelling or Information Management delivery within infrastructure or the built environment.
• Strong track record of embedding digital practices and ways of working into live projects.
• Experience working across multiple disciplines, including engineering, digital delivery, project controls or information management.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives into practical, scalable delivery solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including customer-facing experience.

• Relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience in Engineering, Digital Engineering, Information Management, Building Information Modelling or a related discipline.

• Professional membership or chartered status within a relevant engineering, digital or project management institution.
• Digital Engineering, Building Information Modelling or Information Management certifications.
• Experience with in regulated sectors such as nuclear, defence or major infrastructure projects.

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 -  ()

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• 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…