Job Title: Multi Skilled Utilities Operative
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £29,658.00 - £33,686.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF76277
Help keep one of the UK's most important defence sites running safely and efficiently
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 Multi Skilled Utilities Operative at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.
The role
As a Multi Skilled Utilities Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play a vital role in supporting the utilities infrastructure that underpins operations at HM Naval Base Clyde. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team responsible for maintaining essential services across a highly secure and operationally critical environment.
Day-to-day, you'll be required to:
- Supporting utilities operations to ensure tasks are completed safely, efficiently and in line with departmental objectives.
- Following established processes, procedures and safe systems of work across all activities.
- Identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes and productivity within the utilities function.
- Working in accordance with health, safety, environmental and quality requirements at all times.
- Undertaking other reasonable duties within your skills, knowledge and capability as directed.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday 07:15 – 16:45 and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.
Essential experience of the Multi Skilled Utilities Operative
- Experience working with utilities activities and associated equipment.
- Understanding of standard operating procedures within an operational environment.
- Knowledge of health, safety and environmental requirements.
- Awareness of quality assurance processes and standards.
- Experience carrying out manual handling activities safely.
Qualifications for the Multi Skilled Utilities Operative
Security Clearance
he successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 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 29,000 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: 22/10/2026
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