People Capability Development Lead

Job Title: People Capability Development Lead Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Plymouth, Devon or Faslane, Helensburgh or Leicester, Leicestershire or Birchwood, Warrington + Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation: up to £65,000 + 15% AIP + Private Healthcare Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF62351

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 People Capability Development Lead at one of our sites.

The role As a People Capability Development Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role offers a unique chance to influence the future of nuclear engineering at Babcock. You will focus on ensuring adequate arrangements for people, processes, and tools to facilitate engineering delivery throughout the Nuclear sector.

Day-to-day, you’ll be facilitating and supporting improved engineering delivery throughout the Nuclear Sector.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide ongoing career guidance and sustain a mentoring network. Develop and implement an engineering competency framework and assessment process, including global common and nuclear sector-specific elements. Facilitate Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) for nuclear sector engineering. Develop and compile a consistent suite of sector engineering learning and development solutions to address known skills gaps or those identified through competency assessment data. Develop nuclear sector standards and strategy for knowledge management.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the People Capability Development Lead

Extensive experience in engineering and engineering management or leadership. Excellent communication and influencing skills at all organisational levels, including with internal and external stakeholders. Effective people management and social skills, recognizing the importance of people in the success of the engineering business. Understanding of change and project management principles. Proactive, self-starter capable of identifying and executing actions/activities with minimal support.

Qualifications for the People Capability Development Lead

Degree level or higher in engineering or a relevant people capability field. Chartered professional status in engineering (CEng) or a relevant people capability field, or actively working towards it as part of continuous professional development.

Security Clearance The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 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 Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International For over a century Babcock has 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.

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: 27/03/2025

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