Mechanical Fitter

Job Title:                     Mechanical Fitter

Location:                     Clyde, Faslane

Compensation:            £38,461.00 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF65272

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 site.

The role

As a Mechanical Fitter, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll join a multi-skilled team and support machinal fitting activities repairs and inspections on systems and equipment on all Royal Navy and other entitled Vessels.

Day-to-day, you’ll support in the below:

• Completion of all planned preventative maintenance and implicated work to ensure the department meets the objectives of the business.
• Identification and rectification of all system, manufacture, defects and alterations to ensure the continued availability and performance of Submarines, Surface Vessels and the Estate.
• Ensure that work is carried out in line with current processes and make suggestions on improving systems and processes to increase productivity in accordance with set objectives and timescales.
• Work within all Health & Safety legislation, Safe Systems of Work and control of work processes.

Please note that this position involves working in confined spaces. Candidates must be able to work comfortably and perform tasks in restricted spaces. This position also involves working at height. Candidates must be able to work safely and perform tasks at varying heights.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Clyde.

Essential experience of the Mechanical Fitter

• Proven experience as a Mechanical Fitter
• Experience working within a high-regulated environment. 

Qualifications for the Mechanical Fitter

• A recognised Mechanical Fitter Apprenticeship to N/SVQ Level 3 or equivalent and have gained a National Certificate in an engineering discipline.

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: 31/07/25

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