Building Custodian

Job Title:                      Building Custodian

Location:                      Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation:            £42,000 - £46,000 depending on experience + Benefits

Role Type:                    Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                         SF71616

Be the guardian of a site that helps keep the nation safe

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 Building Custodian at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role

As a Building Custodian, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a key role in ensuring our facilities are safe, compliant, and ready to support some of the most important defence activity in the country. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a unique operational environment - maintaining the condition and functionality of buildings used by Royal Navy personnel, contractors, and support teams.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Conduct regular building inspections to ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, asbestos, legionella, waste management, fire safety and first aid requirements.
• Maintain accurate Hazard and Risk Registers and ensure all compliance records are up to date.
• Act as the main point of contact for occupants, visitors and contractors, coordinating access, control measures and pre work briefings.
• Manage and update fire and evacuation plans, coordinating fire drills and keeping all related documentation accurate.
• Carry out workplace inspections, report and monitor defects through the helpdesk, and build strong relationships by resolving issues promptly and keeping occupants informed.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week - Monday to Thursday and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.

Essential experience of the Building Custodian

• Confident using computer systems and digital records.
• Strong organisational skills and a proactive, self‑motivated approach.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Experience in accurate recording and administration.
• Good communication skills with the ability to engage with contractors and colleagues.

Qualifications for the Building Custodian

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 03/03/2026

#CLYDEWC25