Job Title: Continuous Improvement Specialist
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent or Fixed Term Contract
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 Continuous Improvement Specialist at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.
The role
As a Continuous Improvement Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Play a key role within project teams, leading learning initiatives to enhance maintenance planning and performance. Collaborate with stakeholders and engineers to drive improvements through technical insight, data analysis, and streamlined processes.
Day-to-day, you’ll build and maintain strong working relationships across Babcock and customer teams. Lead a coordinated, company-wide approach to capturing, analysing, and applying lessons learned to improve future maintenance planning and delivery.
1. Embedded within project teams to support delivery and continuous improvement
2. Manage relationships with senior stakeholders, including customer project leads
3. Engage with engineering teams on submarine-related technical issues
4. Drive business process improvements across office-based functions
5. Balance technical tasks with people-focused and data-driven responsibilities
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Continuous Improvement Specialist
6. Identify and support improvements in maintenance planning
7. Maintain and update lessons learned data accurately and efficiently
8. Produce clear, timely reports to track progress and insights
9. Respond to enquiries with professionalism and strong customer focus
10. Communicate effectively with stakeholders across the organisation
Qualifications for the Continuous Improvement Specialist
11. HNC/HND in engineering or a related discipline
12. Minimum Level 3 qualification in mechanical engineering
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.