Babcock International
Defence and critical-asset engineering, manufacturing and lifetime support for armed forces and civil customers
Highlights
- New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-28
About Babcock International
Babcock is a defence company that designs, manufactures and supports complex defence and critical assets across land, sea, air, space, energy and security domains. Its services include through-life technical and engineering support, design and manufacture of naval ship and weapons handling systems and liquid gas handling systems, and integrated technology-enabled solutions such as secure communications, electronic warfare and air defence.
Customers include defence and civil operators, among them naval, land, air and nuclear operations, frontline support, specialist training and asset management. The group is organised into four sectors and delivers work through complex, long-term programmes and customer partnerships.
Babcock was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in London. It describes itself as a FTSE 100 organisation with around 29,000 employees, FY26 revenue of £5.2bn, a contract backlog of £9.8bn, and 74% of its business in defence. Its careers pages list experienced hire, graduate, undergraduate and apprenticeship programmes, with roles in engineering, technology, skilled trades and project management.
Product: Through-life engineering and support services, plus design and manufacture of defence and specialist equipment for naval, land, air and nuclear customers.
Jobs at Babcock International
Leadership
- Harry Holt · Group Chief ExecutiveSource: company website
- Catherine Michel · Chief Technology Officer (CTO)Source: company website
- David Mellors · Chief Financial OfficerSource: company website
- Jennifer McElhinney · Interim Chief People OfficerSource: company website
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