Job Title: Nuclear Watchkeeper
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent - Part-time and flexible working arrangements will also be considered
Role ID: SF63733
Shape the future of submarine engineering – and your career.
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 Nuclear Watchkeeper at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.
The role
Use Your Expertise. Shape the Next Generation.
We’re looking for experienced Nuclear Watchkeepers to join us as instructors supporting the Royal Navy Submarine Service. This is a unique opportunity to step into a rewarding, shore-based role where you’ll pass on your knowledge and experience to the next generation of engineers.
No prior instructional experience is required we’ll provide full training and support to help you develop into a confident and effective instructor.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
- Delivering classroom and simulator-based training to Nuclear Propulsion Plant Operators and Marine Engineering Equipment Maintainers.
- Collaborating with training designers to update courseware in line with technical changes.
- Delivering additional safety training (e.g. Confined Space, Working at Height) to students outside the ACTS programme.
- Providing subject matter expertise to evaluate technical data and course content.
- Supporting the routine review and revision of training materials.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane. We welcome applications for part-time roles and are open to discussing alternative working arrangements. A relocation package may be available, subject to eligibility.
Essential experience of the Nuclear Watchkeeper:
- Comprehensive knowledge of Naval Nuclear Steam Raising Plant operation.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Recent hands-on experience in this field with up-to-date technical skills.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage and inspire learners.
Qualifications for the Nuclear Watchkeeper:
- Royal Navy Submarine Service: Category A, B or C Watchkeeping Qualification
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. 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: 25/06/2026
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