At Babcock, we strive for excellence in service of a safe and secure world.
Babcock is an international defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa. We support and enhance our customers’ defence capabilities and critical assets, meeting our customers’ requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.
We play a critical role in international defence; a trusted guardian of national security, counted upon to protect lives and maintain our lines of defence.
Backed by decades of experience in Defence across the globe, we are Australasia’s premier warship sustainment company, a leader in High Frequency Communications Systems and Australia’s largest rotary wing helicopter emergency services provider.
Our customers, and the mission we share, inspire us each and every day to strive for excellence and to hold ourselves to the highest standards.
Whether you’re just starting, looking to apply your existing skills to new challenges or keen to take your career to the next level, you can be part of a leading worldwide aerospace, defence and security company providing critical services across Australasia.
Come join us in creating a safe and secure world, together.
Purpose and Principles
Our Purpose and Principles define and underpin our new ways of working together, how we create value for our shareholders and how we elevate delivery for our customers.
Be kind: We believe in being kind to ourselves, kind to each other and kind to the planet.
Be curious: We believe in positively challenging the status quo and asking, ‘how might we?’
Be courageous: We believe in being brave, ambitious and determined.
Collaborate: We believe that Babcock is greater than the sum of its parts
Think: outcomes: We believe in measuring success by the results we deliver and the positive impact we make.
Own & deliver: We believe everybody has a part to play in Babcock’s and our customers’ success.
Early Careers Programme
Babcock’s Early Careers Programme has a range of pathways to help you launch your career, gain first-hand experience, and develop the knowledge and skills to open up a world of opportunities.
Whether you join us as a graduate, apprentice, trainee, intern or on work experience, you’ll gain a range of experiences and build skills that support your studies and help you succeed in your chosen profession.
Early Careers participants can access additional perks, including:
Paid leave to attend exams and participate in further studies.
Reimbursements for course materials, external studies and membership fees for relevant professional bodies.
Participants also get a role-specific toolkit and the opportunity to represent Babcock as a STEM Ambassador.
Graduate Programme
Completing a degree takes determination to ‘own & deliver’, and Babcock provides a comprehensive programme for graduates looking to put their studies to work.
Our Graduate programme is full-time for 24 months, drawing on a range of development activities that will see you grow and strengthen your technical and soft skills, setting you up for a successful career.
You will expand your network by rotating across multiple disciplines, partnering with other graduates and business leaders and discover the best fit for you.
What’s Included in our Graduate programme?
Valuable on-the-job experiences on varied projects, learning and development modules, career guidance and mentoring, and graduate programme leadership.
Networking with other Graduates and key stakeholders globally, plus exposure to our diverse business operations.
Bi-annual salary reviews with competitive industry salary.
Graduation leave to celebrate the success of your graduation day.
Role-specific toolkits.
STEM ambassador days so you can give back and support the next generation.
As a Graduate, you will:
Be in your final year of study for a University Degree; OR
Completed your Degree or Masters within the last 24 months
Be an Australian Citizen (for Australian-based placements) or have appropriate work rights (for New Zealand-based placements).
Have exceptional communication skills
Have the ability to use initiative and prioritise workload
Be proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite
Be able to commence our program in February each year
Key disciplines we are looking for:
Electronics Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Systems Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Naval Architecture
Project Management
Health, Safety & Environment
Procurement and Supply Chain
Operational Excellence
Internship Programme
We know that many students are keen to get a foot into their chosen field before they even graduate – and we’re just as keen to help make that happen.
This pathway is for students who haven’t completed their studies but are looking to gain real-life experience prior to their final year. Internships are a paid 12-week opportunity to align with the academic calendar and qualification requirements.
From here, there is the possibility for part-time work in their final year, with support on their studies and projects.
As a Babcock intern, you’ll have access to 12 weeks of development with our team to experience what a role in our business could look like for you. This may also open opportunities for you to join our graduate programme the following year.
What’s Included in our Internship programme?
Our paid 12-week programme provides you with valuable industry experience aligned with your area of study.
Career guidance and mentoring, graduate program leadership, and networking with other students and key stakeholders giving you exposure to our diverse business operations.
A performance and development evaluation where you can provide feedback on your learnings, aspirations for the future and ideas for continual improvement.
The ability to be first in line for consideration into our Graduate Programme.
As an Intern, you will:
Be in your penultimate year of study for a university degree.
Be an Australian Citizen (for Australian-based placements) or have appropriate work rights (for New Zealand-based placements).
Have exceptional communication skills.
Have the ability to use initiative and prioritise workload.
Be proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite.
Be able to commence our program in mid-November each year.
Key disciplines we are looking for:
Electronics Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Systems Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Naval Architecture
Project Management
Health, Safety & Environment
Procurement and Supply Chain
Operational Excellence
Apprentices & Trainees
Developing skills through hands-on experience combined with external training is a great way to ‘think: outcomes’ and Babcock can guide apprentices and trainees on their journey.
This pathway is for people who want to achieve professional qualifications in technical and business fields through academic and work-based learning.
Aligned with industry standards, apprentices and trainees at Babcock will learn throughout their programme, with potential to work on new and emerging technologies.
Engineered to Grow
Our approach is focused on creating more opportunities for our people through Babcock’s global reach of diverse and innovative programs.
Our engineers have the opportunity to work across a diverse range of programs and projects, which can include:
Design, modify and maintain naval ships;
Design, build and maintain ship and submarine systems;
Develop advanced communication and surveillance systems;
Modify and maintain aircraft; and
Develop and maintain systems for future soldiers.
Ways of working & benefits
We want you to be happy and healthy working with us and to support this, we offer a range of generous health, wellbeing and leave benefits which include:
An agile work environment where you’re able to work onsite and remotely and to set you up for this we provide a laptop and working from the home kit if required, in addition, we offer a compressed week which can provide you even more flexibility;
Work-life integration policy which brings together leave entitlements including annual leave, wellbeing leave, volunteer leave, paid parental leave, defence reservist leave plus more;
Supportive and engaging environments where you can grow your career, supported by our capability framework plus ongoing access to self-led learning modules through LinkedIn Learning and access to study leave;
Access to rewards that will provide you with endless discounts across retail, health, entertainment, travel and much more, plus novated leasing options and corporate shares plan;
Well-being is supported through our online well-being program Munch, Mind, Move, Money, access to the employee assistance program plus you can access two days annually from your personal leave as wellbeing days;
Participation in our weRecognise program which is an opportunity to recognise the outstanding work our people do each and every day in living our principles which are Be kind, Collaborate, Be Curious, Think Outcomes, Be Courageous and Own & Deliver.
Upcoming career events – meet the team
Meet some fantastic people working at Babcock and learn about their career pathways at one of our events.
These are a great way to learn more about what we do and which pathway could best fit you.
