Electrical Trade Supervisor
Location: Helensburgh, G84 8HL, Argyll and Bute
Onsite
Compensation: £44,689 - £52,248 Dependant on experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72434
Lead critical engineering work that keeps the nation safe
The role
As an Electrical Trade Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll lead and manage multi-disciplinary teams delivering complex fleet engineering work packages across nuclear and marine environments. This is a dynamic and varied role where you’ll oversee projects ranging from tens of thousands of hours to several weeks in duration, ensuring they are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.
Day-to-day responsibilities
- Leading and supervising multi-skilled teams and subcontractors to deliver engineering work packages
- Planning, scheduling, and coordinating electrical and multi-trade activities to meet cost, time, and quality targets
- Ensuring all documentation, risk assessments, and method statements are in place and followed
- Driving a strong safety, quality, and continuous improvement culture across all activities
- Building effective relationships with stakeholders including programme teams, ship staff, and support functions
This role is full time, 36 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 07:15 to 16:45 and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.
Essential experience
- Demonstrating strong electrical engineering experience within a complex environment
- Supervising teams or acting in a first-line leadership capacity
- Managing or coordinating engineering work packages or projects
- Applying a safety-first mindset in highly regulated or safety-critical industries
- Communicating effectively with stakeholders across multiple disciplines
Qualifications
- HNC or HND in an Electrical Engineering discipline or equivalent qualification
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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK.
What we offer
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- 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
EEO Statement
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please emailcareers@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.
