Head of Engineering Data and Information

About the job

Job Title: Head of Engineering Data and Information

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76255

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 Head of Engineering Data and Information at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Head of Engineering Data and Information, you’ll provide strategic leadership for digital engineering capability, engineering data and information management across Devonport Engineering. You'll lead the development of the people, processes and systems that enable the successful delivery of digital and data infrastructure objectives.

Day-to-day, you’ll have an exciting leadership opportunity where you'll influence strategy, drive innovation and build organisational capability while working with senior stakeholders across a complex engineering environment. You'll play a key role in advancing digital transformation, developing future capability and ensuring engineering information is managed effectively to support critical business outcomes.

• Leading the Digital Engineering discipline and delivering strategic engineering data and information management objectives.
• Developing and implementing digital engineering, information management and technology roadmaps.
• Building organisational capability through recruitment, coaching, mentoring and leadership of specialist teams.
• Collaborating with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to align business and engineering requirements.
• Driving continuous improvement across engineering systems, information management processes and digital capabilities.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Head of Engineering Data and Information

• Significant leadership experience within engineering, digital engineering, data management or information management environments.
• Experience developing and implementing engineering, digital or information management strategies.
• Experience managing complex programmes, projects or business transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of engineering data, information systems and digital engineering principles.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and communicate complex technical concepts at senior and executive levels.

Qualifications for the Head of Engineering Data and Information

• Relevant Engineering, Data or Digital degree.
• Chartered status with an appropriate professional body.

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 29,000 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: 16/11/2026

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