Digital Engineering

About the programme

The potential impact and use of Digital Engineering are wide reaching and varied. You maybe coordinating multi-discipline design data and clash detecting or emerging the project team within Virtual Reality to review the designs. Setting Digital strategies for a project or looking at implementing Digital Twin and IoT technology for operational and maintenance insights.

As part of this programme, we encourage mobility across our sectors to give you a broader experience and wider exposure to our business.

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Digital Engineering at Babcock

Over the course of two years, you’ll learn that Digital Engineering covers and assists a wide range of applications and project functions. Applying Digital techniques, utilisation of data and 3D geometry to improve project efficiencies and Information Management. Developing modern and technologically advanced buildings, infrastructure and platforms across nuclear power stations, Ministry of Defence (MOD) facilities, equipment, and wider assets.

The possibilities are many and varied. Whatever you work on, you can be sure you’ll be making a real difference.

As a Digital Engineer, you may support:

Digital Strategy and Execution Plan development
Model and Data Management procedures
Creating renders, visuals and model animation sequences
4D and 5D modelling
Immersive technologies – Virtual Reality production for design reviews
Laser scanning production and data processing
Coordination, health and safety model reviews
Federated design models
Clash Detection reporting
Model quantification
Digital Handover and Asset data management requirements
Interfacing with all disciplines to utilise project 3D models and data to provide efficiencies

What you'll need

A relevant degree, e.g. BSc, or MSc, in an engineering or architectural discipline
Excellent communication skills
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 (www.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.

What you'll get

We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career.

In addition:

Minimum 25 days holiday entitlements + bank holidays + agile working* subject to conversation with your manager
Generous pension and employee share schemes
Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts
Employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
You’ll also have the chance to get involved in our STEM outreach and volunteering activities, which our graduates find incredibly rewarding in all sorts of other ways.

Your career development

It’s hard to beat the variety of fantastic opportunities and business experiences you’ll receive. You can expect real world encounters and exposure to exciting projects that will really help you navigate where you want to take your career.

Plus, when you join us, you’ll be automatically enrolled onto our Graduate Development Programme. Through a series of digital and face to face sessions, presented by wellbeing and performance experts and our external partner Gen Healthy Minds, we will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to thrive and perform at your very best on your programme and beyond.

Where you'll be based

Places on our Digital Engineering programme for Autumn 2024 are available in our Nuclear sector. We ask our graduates to be flexible as there is the potential to undertake placements in other locations during their programme.

Cavendish Nuclear

Cavendish Nuclear is a core part of Babcock International Group’s Nuclear Sector. We provide a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions across the markets of Clean Energy, Defence and Civil Decommissioning, both in the UK and internationally. From decommissioning redundant nuclear facilities, through supporting the Continuous at Sea Deterrent, to supporting the operation and build of nuclear power plants, our role in Cavendish Nuclear is to clean up the nuclear legacy and create a world where nuclear plays a key contribution in protecting our nation, ensuring security of energy supply and meeting our net zero commitments.

We’re looking for graduates with a wide range of qualities, including high technical skills, good interpersonal skills and a willingness to learn and adapt to new circumstances.

You may be based in a number of locations, so you will need to be ready and willing to move throughout your programme. You’ll probably call Warrington, Bristol, or Newbury home, but you could also work from client sites (including nuclear power stations, or Devonport in Plymouth and Dounreay in Scotland).

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Application guidance

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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. 