Mechanical Engineering Capability Lead

Babcock • Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD • 2d ago

Job Title: Mechanical Engineering Capability Lead

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £56,570 - £66,229 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70220

Shape the future of critical defence engineering

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 Mechanical Engineering Capability Lead at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Mechanical Engineering Capability Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll take ownership of how our pipe and mechanical workforce is developed, deployed and future‑proofed at Rosyth. This is a highly influential role where your expertise will directly shape workforce capability, operational performance and long-term skills sustainability.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

Leading the deployment and utilisation of pipe and mechanical resources across programmes to meet current and future demand
Acting as the site Subject Matter Expert for mechanical and pipe trades, maintaining capability, standards and compliance
Developing and owning the trade competency framework in collaboration with learning, safety and engineering teams
Supporting early careers planning by identifying future apprentice and trainee requirements aligned to business strategy
Partnering with senior stakeholders to drive workforce planning, performance and continuous improvement

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.

Essential experience of the Mechanical Engineering Capability Lead

Proven experience leading and managing teams within an engineering or industrial environment
Strong technical knowledge of mechanical or pipe trades and their interaction with engineering, quality and safety functions
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in senior leadership environments, influencing and communicating with confidence
Excellent people management, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills
Highly developed organisation and prioritisation capabilities in complex operational settings

Qualifications for the Mechanical Engineering Capability Lead

Time served in a relevant mechanical or pipe trade, with extensive experience in an engineering or production environment
Leadership, management or assessor qualifications would be an advantage

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 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

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 19/05/2026

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