Undergraduate Summer Internships

Get an incredible summer experience and immerse yourself in our world. It’s not just graduates who get to experience the extraordinary things we do at Babcock. These 10 to 12-week paid internships over the summer holiday give you the opportunity to try out a discipline and see if it’s something you want to do once you graduate.

Nuclear – Plymouth (Undergraduates studying STEM based degrees)

Location: Plymouth

Type: Summer internship

Start date: Summer 2024

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 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 create innovative new ship designs. During this summer internship 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 summer 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 you’ll need

Studying a STEM degree.
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.

Nuclear – Bristol (Undergraduates studying STEM based degrees)

Location: Bristol

Type: Summer internship

Start date: Summer 2024

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. Working in our Bristol office you will collaborate with peers across several Babcock bases (including Devonport, Clyde, and Leicester), you will have the opportunity to engage with MOD and Royal Navy personnel and make a real difference and contribute towards supporting the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet, through experience working with a variety of teams, including engineering and project management.

What you’ll get out of it

You’ll spend your summer 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 you’ll need

Studying a STEM degree.
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.

Marine – Energy and Marine – Rosyth (Project Management)

Location: Rosyth

Type: Summer internship

Start date: Summer 2024

What you’ll be doing

Expect to work on every kind of project across our organisation – from design to construction, in-service support and maintenance and capability enhancement projects. Whatever the task at hand, risks need to be identified and managed, stakeholder requirements satisfied, and the whole assignment planned and delivered on time and to budget. Along the way, you’ll develop strong relationships with colleagues in engineering, commercial, financial and procurement functions. That’s because watching our finances is as important as watching the clock when delivering a project. With that professional network behind you, you’ll have everything you need to tackle anything that comes your way.

What you’ll get out of it

During your summer internship, you’ll get the opportunity to work in a department relevant to your degree subject so you can start putting theory into practice. You can expect to work on current projects where you’ll have real input and learn how to work safely in a workplace environment.

What you’ll need

To be in Year 3 (or above) in your studies of a relevant degree in Engineering, Project Management or Business management.
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.

Mission Systems (Undergraduates studying STEM based degrees)

Location: Bristol

Type: Summer internship

Start date: Summer 2024

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be based in one of our engineering discipline teams, which have expertise in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Software Engineering. No two teams are quite the same with some teams working on design and manufacture of complex engineering solutions, such as our weapon handling and launch systems (WHLS) or Air Turbine Pump (ATP), whilst others focus on being one of the world’s leading specialists in Very Low Frequency (VLF) to High Frequency (HF) military communications, providing systems engineering, operations and support.

What you’ll get out of it

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

What you’ll need

To be studying a STEM degree.
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.