Job Title: Mechanical Fitter - Utilities
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £40,461 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF67773
Shape the Future of Defence Engineering
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Mechanical Fitter – Utilities at HMNB Clyde Faslane, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
The role
As a Mechanical Fitter – Utilities, you’ll take on a role that’s essential to the safe and reliable running of HMNB Clyde. As the Ministry of Defence’s commercial partner, Babcock provides specialist engineering support across critical infrastructure, including the management and maintenance of complex mechanical and nuclear facilities.
This is hands‑on engineering with a real‑world impact. You’ll investigate and diagnose faults, keep vital mechanical systems running efficiently, and ensure key infrastructure remains fully operational. Every day will stretch your skills, build your expertise, and offer the satisfaction that your work directly supports national defence.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
- Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance on a wide range of mechanical systems
- Investigating, diagnosing and repairing faults on diesel generators, LV and HV systems and other mechanical equipment
- Completing defect identification and repair to maintain operational performance
- Working to mechanical regulations and following maintenance documentation safely and accurately.
This is a full‑time, permanent role, working Monday to Thursday, 36 hours per week, giving you a three‑day weekend, based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.
Essential experience of the Mechanical Fitter - Utilities:
- Proven experience in mechanical fitting or mechanical maintenance within an industrial or commercial environment
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
- Confident working safely, with an understanding of statements of work and risk assessments
- Comfortable working at height and in confined spaces when required.
Qualifications for the Mechanical Fitter - Utilities:
Essential:
- Recognised Mechanical Apprenticeship qualified to SVQ Level 3 or equivalent (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, HNC etc.)
Preferred:
- Additional mechanical or engineering‑related training or certifications.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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: 02/04/2026
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