Reactor Cleaner

Job Title:             Reactor Cleaner
Location:             Plymouth, Devon
Compensation:    £31,229 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF64766

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 Reactor Cleaner at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Reactor Cleaner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join our team at Devonport Dockyard and play a vital role in maintaining site standards. 

Day-to-day, you’ll maintain cleanliness using specialised chemicals and equipment while strictly following health and safety regulations to uphold site standards. 

• Use a range of cleaning chemicals effectively.
• Clean and decontaminate plant facilities.
• Operate and maintain cleaning equipment.
• Follow strict health and safety procedures.
• Willingness to be clean-shaven for face fit testing.

Please note that this position involves working in confined spaces. Candidates must be able to work comfortably and perform tasks in restricted spaces.

Please note that this position involves working at height. Candidates must be able to work safely and perform tasks at varying heights.

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

There is an opportunity for Optimised Working Patterns (OWP) within this role. OWP is a temporary variation to your standard terms and condition that commits you to support 7-day working arrangements. For full details of the patterns, pay and durations, this can be found in the OWP 1 and OWP 2 agreements (available from hiring manager).

Primarily, it involves 4-week shift cycles consisting of either day/back shift or day/night shift. An example of the remuneration for these shifts is as follows:

Gross salary: £31,229
Gross OTE for core Dayshift/Backshift Pattern: £44,724

Essential experience of the Reactor Cleaner

• Successful candidates must have a positive attitude towards conventional Health and Safety and be willing to challenge unsafe acts.

Qualifications for the Reactor Cleaner

• A full clean driving licence.
• Counterbalance FLT licence is desirable, however a willingness to train is essential.
• MEWP operator or willingness to train.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)  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: 12/06/2025

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