Metalwork & Machine Shop Fitter

Job Title:                 Metalwork & Machine Shop Fitter
Location:                 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Compensation:       £30,000,00
Role Type:               Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                    SF57835

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 Metalwork & Machine Shop Fitter at our RAF Halton site.

The role
As a Metalwork & Machine Shop Fitter you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Working in diverse settings to produce steady and functional products and infrastructure. 

Day-to-day, you’ll carry out manufacturing and repair tasks as directed by the Charge-Hand & Supervisor, as well as:

• Implement the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) within his/her area of responsibility. 
• The continual monitoring and review of RISK and COSHH assessments relative to their areas of responsibility.
• Complete the routine maintenance on Metal Shop machinery as detailed in MAM-P documentation. 
• The reporting of defective machinery when faults occur. And reporting of defective technical accommodation and machinery as faults occur.

This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Halton

Essential experience of the Metalwork & Machine Shop Fitter:

• Machinist Background
• Metal Fabrication typist
• Knowledge of material auditing and accounting
• Proficient in the use of the manual equipment and tools
• Desirable military background
• Proficient in using electrical and manual equipment and measurement tools (powered saws, hammers, rulers etc.).
• Excellent understanding of machining techniques and methods of metal fabrication and construction.

Qualifications for the Metalwork & Machine Shop Fitter:

• City & Guilds or equivalent Trade Qualification. Or equivalent NVQ level

Security Clearance

• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC Clearance.
• 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
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘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 International 
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

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: 03/07/2024

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