Electrical Fitter

Job Title:            Electrical Fitter
Location:            Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation:  £38,461 + Benefits  
Role Type:         Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:             SF60268

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical Fitter at our HMNB Clyde, Faslane site.

The role 
As an Electrical 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 electrical faults, carrying out repairs and conducting scheduled maintenance activities at HMNB Clyde.

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance and fitting on a variety of electrical systems
• Defect identification and repair
• Work to required electrical regulations and from maintenance documentation in a safe and healthy manner 
• This position involves working at height and in confined spaces. Candidates must be able to work safely and perform tasks at varying heights as well as work comfortably in restricted spaces.

This is a permanent role, Monday to Friday dayshifts - 36 hours per week, with early finish on a Friday. Based on site at HMNB Clyde, primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, 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 Electrical Fitter

• Proven experience in Electrical fitting or maintenance gained within an Industrial or Commercial environment
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings
• Ability to work in a safe manner as well as understand statements of work and risk assessments  

Qualifications for the Electrical Fitter

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

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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 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: 09/01/25

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