Fabricator

Job Title:              Fabricator 
Location:              Rosyth, Fife 
Compensation:    £36,231 + Overtime + Benefits + Relocation Expenses

Role Type:            Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                SF60471

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 Fabricator at our Rosyth Dockyard, Rosyth, Fife site.

The role
As a Fabricator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play a key part in helping to build the new ‘Inspiration’ class, Type 31 frigate due to be delivered by the end of 2028.

Day-to-day, you’ll be part of a friendly, supportive team, working alongside other experienced professionals like yourself who are engaged in carrying out general fabrication activities. 

• Structural steel fabrication, working with high tolerances.
• Lining out and marking off following the interpretation of drawings, and specifications, for fabrication work.
• You will use disc cutters, guillotines, and band saws for the purposes of grinding, burning and drilling.
• Arc air gouging and Tack welding.
• Production of Moulds and Templates.
• Fabrication and fitting ventilation.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week, Monday to Thursday from 7.30am until 5.15pm and is based at our Rosyth Dockyard, Rosyth, Fife site. We offer plenty of opportunities to boost your earnings potential with flexible overtime and night shift working with excellent shift disturbance rates. 

Essential experience of the Fabricator 

• The ability to read engineering drawings and interpret work instructions.
• Highly competent in the use of hand-held and semi-automatic burning equipment
• Highly competent in the use general workshop machinery and tools specific to fabricating.
• Experience of working within the marine, shipbuilding, ship repair, nuclear or oil & gas industries would be highly beneficial however, other relevant experience would be considered. 

Qualifications for the Fabricator 

• You will be a qualified Fabricator, having completed either an Indentured Apprenticeship or Level 3 Modern Apprenticeship in a sheet metal, structural steel or fabrication related discipline.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and 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 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
• 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: 29/11/2024 

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