Mechanical Fitter - Estates Maintenance

Job Title:                Mechanical Fitter 
Location:                Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation:       £35,558 + Benefits
Role Type:              Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                  SF54995

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 Mechanical Fitter at our Clyde, Coulport site.

The role

As a Mechanical Fitter within our Estates Maintenance team you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As the Ministry of Defence’s commercial partner at HMNB Clyde, Babcock provides specialist engineering support services, including the management of infrastructure and nuclear facilities.

Day to day, you’ll be responsible for investigating and diagnosing faults, repairing and maintaining mechanical aspects of facilities. 

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance and fitting on a variety of mechanical systems
• Defect identification and repair
• Typical systems worked on will include – Heating and Ventilation, Generators and Compressors as well as pressure systems and other mechanical equipment and plant

This is a a full time role, 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday dayshifts with an early finish on a Friday. The role is based at our RNAD Coulport site, near Helensburgh.

Babcock is committed to supporting agile ways of working to enable a better work-life balance. We are currently developing Self-Directed Teams (SDT) within the Infrastructure Maintenance Department, which allows our employees to own and deliver work packages – therefore improving efficiency, encouraging empowerment and supporting development opportunities through various team tasks.  Successful delivery of key objectives for the week may result in being given the Friday off work

Essential experience of the Mechanical Fitter:

• Proven experience in mechanical fitting or maintenance gained within an Industrial or Commercial environment
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings
• Works in a safe manner – able to understand statements of work, risk assessments etc
• Comfortable working at height and in confined spaces on occasion

Qualifications for the Mechanical Fitter within our Estates Team:

•    Recognised Mechanical Apprenticeship, qualified to SVQ Level 3 or equivalent (NVQ3, City & Guilds, HNC etc)

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
• 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.

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: 02/05/24

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