MMA Welder Opportunities
Job Title: MMA Welder
Vacancies: Multiple opportunities available
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £36,951 + Benefits - Gross OTE £52,918 + Golden Hello
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72924
Shape the Future of National Security – One Weld at a Time
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 MMA Welder at historic Devonport Royal Dockyard – home of the biggest naval base in Western Europe and a vital support for the Royal Navy for over 700 years.
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 MMA (Manual Metal Arc) Welder at the historic Devonport Royal Dockyard.
MMA Welder Opportunities
As an MMA Welder, you’ll have a role that’s genuinely out of the ordinary. These opportunities place you at the centre of major shipbuilding, submarine, and infrastructure projects.
You’ll use your expertise to support the fabrication, repair, and structural integrity of naval vessels and heavy engineering assets.
What you’ll do:
- Apply Manual Metal Arc (MMA) welding to a variety of heavy‑duty marine and structural components
- Work on submarines, surface ships, dockside infrastructure, and controlled factory environments
- Operate welding and some fabrication equipment to consistently high standards
- Read and interpret complex engineering drawings from a welding perspective, procedures, and technical specifications
- Work closely with multi‑disciplinary engineering teams to meet tight safety and performance targets
What you’ll need:
- Strong capability in MMA/Stick welding on heavy plate, structural steel, or marine-grade materials
- Experience working in shipbuilding, ship repair, infrastructure, or large-scale construction environments
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical instructions
- Confident use of welding sets, fabrication tools, and general workshop equipment
- Marine engineering background or experience on Royal Navy or commercial vessels - Desirable
- Time-served trade apprenticeship in welding, fabrication, marine, or naval engineering - Desirable
- Indentured Apprenticeship relevant to welding - Desirable
- Level 3 Engineering or Modern Apprenticeship - Desirable
- Level 2 Engineering qualification supported by significant practical experience - Desirable
- A drive to own and shape your career development journey.
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
- Golden Hello Up to £5,000 and Relocation 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 26,000 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: 18/05/2026
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