Compensation: £28,300 - £35,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits
Role ID: SF76525
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Scientist Reactor Chemistry at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
As an Assistant Scientist Reactor Chemistry, you’ll have a unique opportunity to build a career in science within one of the UK's most complex and highly regulated environments. Working as part of the Reactor Chemistry team, you'll support activities that are essential to the safe operation, maintenance and long-term sustainability of the UK's nuclear-powered submarine fleet. Combining laboratory science, technical analysis and operational support, this role offers the chance to develop specialist expertise while contributing directly to national defence and nuclear safety.
Day-to-day, you’ll provide scientific and technical support across reactor chemistry monitoring, surveillance and compliance activities. You'll work alongside experienced specialists, helping to maintain laboratory standards, manage technical records and support chemical and radioactive material control activities that are critical to safe and effective operations.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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).
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: 04/11/2026
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Babcock is a FTSE 100 defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets.
Our Purpose, to create a safe and secure world, together, defines our strategy. We support and enhance our customers’ defence and security capabilities and critical assets through a range of product and service solutions. We meet our customers’ requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.
These projects take all different kinds of professionals, from chartered engineers and project managers, to naval architects, data analysts and everything in between. To bring through the next generation of engineering and business experts, we offer apprenticeships and roles for students, graduates and fully-qualified professionals.
There’s never been a better time to join us. Whether you’re looking for a new business management project or engineering role, join Babcock and grow with us.
Babcock is a Disability Confident, Committed Employer
