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.
Location: Bristol
Role type: 12 month industrial placement
Start date: Autumn 2025
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
What you’ll need
Location: Bristol
Role type: 12 month industrial placement
Start date: Autumn 2025
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.
What you’ll need
Location: Devonport, Plymouth
Role type: 12 month industrial placement
Start date: Autumn 2025
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 you’ll need
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Please be aware that if there is a high level of interest in any of these programmes, applications may close earlier than advertised. To give yourself the best chance of being considered for a place, please submit your application as early as possible.
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