First Line Manager - Mechanical

Job Title:                     First Line Manager - Mechanical

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:           £40,098 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF70741

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 First Line Manager - Mechanical at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a First Line Manager - Mechanical, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is a role where your leadership will make a real difference, ensuring operational readiness while developing your own career in a dynamic, high-profile environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead a team of skilled mechanical fitters working on some of the most complex engineering projects in the UK maintaining and upgrading nuclear submarines that are critical to national defence.

• Lead and motivate a team of mechanical fitters across submarine projects.
• Plan and oversee repair, replacement, overhaul and maintenance activities.
• Champion health and safety standards in all production activities.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to resolve technical challenges.
• Develop team capability through coaching and continuous improvement.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the First Line Manager - Mechanical

• Strong understanding of health and safety processes in production environments.
• Experience supervising a team or the ambition to step up and learn.
• Knowledge of repair, replacement, overhaul and maintenance processes.
• Proven leadership and interpersonal skills to inspire and motivate.
• Solid understanding of mechanical systems and practices.

Qualifications for the First Line Manager - Mechanical

• ONC or NVQ Level 3 in a relevant mechanical discipline.
• ILM Level 3 (or equivalent leadership qualification).
• IOSH certificate (or equivalent safety 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 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: 19/01/2026

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