Production Support Operative

Job Title:              Production Support Operative
Location:              Ashton Vale, Bristol
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF60556

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 Production Support Operative at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role
As a Production Support Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be working in a small but highly effective team where the highest of standards will be expected from both a technical and behavioural perspective.

Day-to-day, you’ll support production activities and skilled/senior production personnel in support of production deliveries.

• Physical movement of goods and products using Counter balance /Reach fork lift trucks and overhead gantry cranes.
• General Lifting and slinging activities following lift plans where applicable.
• Movement around site of plant, equipment and materials, including movement of irregular loads.
• General housekeeping duties e.g. sweeping up, emptying bins, lifting equipment, cleaning up spills, keeping all areas clean and tidy at all times ensuring a safe working environment.
• Interacting with hauliers and couriers.

This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Ashton Vale, Bristol. 

Essential Experience of the Production Support Operative

• Use of Counter balance /Reach trucks.
• Carry out lifting and slinging using overhead gantry cranes.
• Experience of working within fabrication environment in the defence industry.

Qualifications for the Production Support Operative 

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate can start of Standard (BPSS) security clearance but must be able to achieve Security Check (SC) security 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
• 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 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Potential to develop skills

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: 27/12/2024

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