Job Title: Welder
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £34,163.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF59511
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 Welder at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Welder, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you will help the business meet the project needs and work on submarines that are assisting with the security of the country.
Day-to-day, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the production of components necessary for the maintenance and modification of submarines and naval vessels.
- Working primarily on submarines
- Work on ships and within a factory environment.
- Read engineering drawings to interpret work instructions and execute the required welding using the required tools and machinery.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Welder:
- Ability to read engineering drawings, to interpret work instructions and be competent in the use of general workshop tools and machinery specific to welding.
- Ideally you will have worked in the marine engineering industry with experience of Royal Navy ships and submarines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels or large commercial ships - although other relevant experience from other engineering sectors will be considered.
- Experience of working within a marine engineering environment
Qualifications for the Welder:
- Time served apprentice within the field of marine engineering / naval engineering environment
- Indentured Apprenticeship relevant to the role
- Level 3 Modern Apprenticeship
- Level 3 Engineering qualification relevant to the role although we would consider Level 2 candidates with extensive experience
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 share scheme
- 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- ‘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 International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
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: 01/10/2024
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