Job Title: Fabricator - Plater
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £35, + OTE up to £50, + shift enhancements
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Job ID: SF
Make a real impact. Shape the future.
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. As a Plater / Fabricator at our Devonport site, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the UK’s submarine and warship programmes—helping to deliver some of the most complex and critical engineering projects in the country.
The Role
As a Plater - Fabricator, you’ll be part of a highly skilled team working on structural fabrication and repairs across a range of platforms including submarines, warships, and factory-based modules. This is a hands-on role where your technical expertise and commitment to safety will directly contribute to national defence and maritime innovation.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
1. Fabricating and altering structures using a variety of metals and thicknesses.
2. Interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.
3. Performing structural repairs and manufacturing structural modules.
4. Operating general workshop tools and fabrication machinery.
What you’ll bring
5. Proven ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and work instructions.
6. Competence in using fabrication tools and workshop machinery.
7. Experience in marine engineering or similar sectors (e.g., Royal Navy, RFA, commercial shipbuilding).
8. A strong safety-first mindset and attention to detail.
Qualifications
Indentured Apprenticeship or Level 2 qualification in fabrication, structural steel, or sheet metal work.
Working Pattern
9. Full-time, 35 hours per week.
10. Based on-site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
11. Includes Optimised Working Patterns (OWP) with 4-week shift cycles (day/back or day/night shifts).
12. OWP includes enhanced pay—details available from the hiring manager.
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 .
What we offer
13. Generous holiday allowance
14. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
15. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
16. Employee share scheme
17. Employee shopping savings portal
18. Payment of Professional Fees
19. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
20. 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
21. ‘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
22. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.