Job Title: Principal Welding QA-QC Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65705
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 Principal Welding QA-QC Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Principal Welding QA-QC Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Through managing and developing the organisations Welding Quality output, you will play a pivotal role in the Product Safety of Infrastructure, Surface Ships and Submarines.
Day to day, you’ll be responsible for the quality management system (QMS) and monitor and control the quality of welding documentation completed at Devonport. This shall include:
* Managing and developing the Processes and Procedures that govern welding documentation output.
* Managing deployment of electronic quality management system Devonport site i.e.Weld-Eye.
* Providing a high level of specialist technical knowledge to the business regarding welding.
* Ensuring the appropriate SQEP of the Welding Compliance team.
Essential experience of the Principal Welding QA-QC Engineer
* Thorough understanding of Welding Application Standards, Weld Quality, and ISO 3834-2
* Experience using the digital quality management system - WeldEye
* Experience of Weld Inspection activities
* Experience of managing a team of technical specialists
This is a full-time role working 35 hours per week on the Devonport Site, with the potential for overtime in support of business demands.
Qualifications for the Principal Welding QA-QC Engineer
The following are the required Qualifications for the Principal Welding QA/QC Engineer. Support shall be provided to attain these; however it is desirable that applicants hold many of these or have the required pre-requisites to enrol on these courses.
* CSWIP 3.2 Senior Welding Inspector
* PCN Level 2 in Radiographic Interpretation
* TWI Diploma in Welding Technology
* Level 3 Qualification in relevant engineering discipline or equivalent
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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: 21/08/2025
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