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Job Title: Senior Fire Safety Engineer Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF71047 Making every moment count in protecting people, assets and national security 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 Senior Fire Safety Engineer at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site. The role As a Senior Fire Safety Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll use your specialist expertise to shape the safety of some of the UK’s most critical defence assets. This is a role where your fire safety knowledge helps safeguard people, infrastructure and operations - directly supporting the Royal Navy and wider national security. You’ll influence major engineering decisions, guide design teams, and strengthen safety case development across a unique and highly complex environment. Day-to-day, you’ll be required to: Provide subject matter expert advice on fire safety to internal & external design teams, the Ministry of Defence and site operators. Identify and address fire safety shortfalls, developing robust improvement recommendations. Review fire system designs, upgrades and new project proposals to ensure compliance with regulations and best practice. Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to ensure collaborative and compliant delivery. This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane. Essential experience of the Senior Fire Safety Engineer Strong understanding of fire codes, regulations and compliance standards. Knowledge of facility infrastructure and fire safety operations. Experience in fire system design. Experience analysing fire systems for new projects and upgrades. Experience conducting annual fire safety compliance audits. Qualifications for the Senior Fire Safety Engineer Fire Alarms Modules 1 and 2 NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety Degree in Engineering with fire safety specialism - undergraduate or postgraduate Level 4 Certificate or HNC in Fire Safety - Fire Auditors Fire Protection Association Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment 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: 07/09/2026 #CLYDEWC25 #SCOTLAND-BC-WC
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.