Job Title: Bench Joiner
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
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 Bench Joiner at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.
The Role
As a Bench Joiner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be working in a small but highly effective maintenance team where the highest of standards will be expected from both a technical and behavioural perspective.
Day-to-day, you’ll be making packing cases and storage boxes from raw material & supporting general site maintenance. Protecting precision machine components of various sizes.
At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far. With our track record of innovation, you’ll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Ashton Vale, Bristol.
Essential Experience and Skills of the Bench Joiner
1. Operating woodworking machinery
2. Using hand tools
3. Manufacturing wooden products to a high standard
4. Working to job specifications
5. Supporting site maintenance
6. Lifting raw materials (Overhead crane training will be provided)
7. Experience of working in a joinery workshop
8. Ability to follow health and safety policies
9. Keen eye for detail
Qualifications for the Bench Joiner
10. Recognised carpentry or joinery qualification
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate will be eligible to start on Standard (BPSS) but will then need to obtain Security Check (SC) once in post.
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
11. Generous holiday allowance
12. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
13. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
14. Employee share scheme
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of Professional Fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
18. 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
19. ‘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
20. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing