Mission Systems / Nuclear - Undergraduate Placement Year

Job description

Our placement year opportunities offer a unique chance to gain experience in the industry while completing your degree.

Over the course of the year, you’ll work on exciting projects, apply your academic knowledge in real-world settings, and earn a competitive salary – all while building essential skills for your future career.

Mission Systems : 12 month industrial placement

What you’ll be doing

You will join one of our engineering discipline teams, specialising in areas such as Mechanical, Electrical Control and Instrumentation, Systems, Integrated Product Support or Software Engineering.

Each team brings unique expertise, with some dedicated to designing and manufacturing complex engineering solutions, such as our highly mechanised Weapon Handling and Launch Systems (WHLS) and Air Turbine Pumps (ATP). Other teams focus on delivering products and services that establish us as a world leader in military communications, spanning Very Low Frequency (VLF) to High Frequency (HF). Our capabilities also include systems engineering, operations, and support, with recent expansions into space and satellite operations.

What you’ll get out of it

You’ll spend your placement year getting hands-on with some of the world’s most advanced engineering and technology. You’ll have a variety of different opportunities, working as part of technical departments, project management or production teams

Nuclear : 12 month industrial placement

What you’ll be doing

You will be based in a UK-wide team of engineers and subject matter experts, working to support the Royal Navy by keeping submarines safe and available.

Located in our Bristol office you will collaborate with peers across several Babcock bases (including Devonport in Plymouth, HM Naval Base Clyde, and Leicester), and engage with personnel from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Royal Navy to make a real difference and contribute towards supporting the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet. You’ll also get to experience working with a variety of internal Babcock teams, including engineering and project management.

What you’ll get out of it

You’ll spend your placement year getting hands-on with some of the world’s most advanced naval technology. You’ll have a variety of different opportunities, working as part of technical departments, project management, or production teams.

Nuclear : 12 month industrial placement

What you’ll be doing

You will be based in one of our design, safety or facility management offices working with the teams who maintain the facilities at Devonport, Plymouth to support the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Royal Navy. Our growing Engineering teams work collaboratively with our customers in the UK and around the world incorporating leading edge technology into existing vessels and to create innovative new ship designs. During this placement you’ll be given the opportunity get involved in real-world projects from your first day.

What you’ll get out of it

Half of the entire Royal Navy surface fleet is based in Devonport, so you’ll spend your placement year getting hands-on with some of the world’s most advanced naval technology. You’ll have a variety of different opportunities, working as part of technical departments, project management or production teams.

What we are looking for

Many of our early careers roles are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold or have held may impact which roles you are eligible for. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK. For our early careers roles, you must be able to achieve BPSS and many of them require you to be eligible for Security Clearance.

Accepted degree subjects

Any

Additional job details

How to apply

Please be aware that if there is a high level of interest in this programme, applications may close earlier than advertised. To give yourself the best chance of being considered for a place on this programme, please submit your application as early as possible. 

Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 17 December 2024

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Closing date:  17 December 2024