Job Title: CNC Machinist
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £36,951 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65130
Precision Engineering That Powers National Defence
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a CNC Machinist at Devonport Royal Dockyard, near Plymouth, Devon.
The role
As a CNC Machinist, you’ll be at the heart of our precision manufacturing team, producing high-integrity components that support critical defence infrastructure. This is more than just a machining role, it’s a chance to contribute to national security while developing specialist skills in a world-class engineering environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll responsible for manufacturing high precision components to high specifications.
- Interpreting technical drawings to manufacture precision components
- Programming CNC machines for bespoke or complex production tasks
- Operating CNC milling or turning machines
- Setting up machines for optimal performance and tooling readiness
- Conducting quality checks to ensure dimensional accuracy
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the CNC Machinist
- Operating CNC turning or milling machines in a precision manufacturing environment
- Working with Siemens and/or Mazak CNC control systems
- Programming and running multi-axis CNC turning centres
Qualifications for the CNC Machinist
- Level 3 qualification in CNC programming, operating and/or machining
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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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: 18/08/2026
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