Job Title: Welding Technician
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 Welding Technician at our Ashton House site.
The role
As a Welding Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be involved in a diverse range of work from providing technical knowledge and shop floor based production questions, to carrying out audits at the supply chain.
Day-to-day, you’ll support the Welding Engineer and Welding Development Manager at tender reviews regarding equipment status, procedure qualification and welder qualification as well as:
1. Carrying out welding research and development trials, and facilitating welding production improvements in both structural and pipe joints
2. The maintenance of BS EN ISO and ISO-1
3. Compiling welding procedures and qualifications for the quality assurance department to be included in contract deliverables
4. Liaising with third party inspections regarding revalidation and qualification of welders
5. Monitoring welder qualifications/re-validation and subsequent notification/recall
This position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.
This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and based on site at Ashton House.
Essential experience of the Welding Technician
6. Knowledge of Word and Excel packages
7. Portable arc monitoring system experience
8. Structural welding experience
9. Understanding of manipulation and process production
Qualifications for the Welding Technician
10. Apprenticeship or proven experience in fabrication and welding
11. CSWIP-3.1 or PCN level two Welding Inspector (advantageous)
12. HNC in welding fabrication (advantageous)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
19. 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
20. ‘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
21. Opportunities to develop your career