Job Title: Pipe Fitter
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £39,
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Build the Future of UK Defence and Engineering
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Pipe Fitter at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife.
The role
As a Pipe Fitter, you’ll play a vital role in delivering some of the UK’s most important defence and marine engineering programmes. Your expertise will help bring the Type 31 / Inspiration Class frigates to life—ships that will serve the Royal Navy for decades to come.
This is hands‑on engineering with purpose. You’ll work with high‑integrity pipe systems, contribute to complex shipbuilding operations, and develop your career across the full spectrum of defence, aerospace and engineering projects. With opportunities to broaden your skills and progress, this is your chance to shape a career that is both technically rewarding and deeply meaningful.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
1. Fabricate, install and assemble a variety of marine‑grade pipe systems.
2. Prepare pipework through cutting, bending, forming and alignment.
3. Install systems such as fuel, water, fire main, hydraulics and HVAC onboard vessels.
4. Interpret drawings, isometrics and technical specifications with accuracy.
5. Work safely in shipyard environments, including confined spaces and at height.
This is a full‑time position working 36 hours per week, based on site at Rosyth.
Essential experience of the Pipe Fitter:
6. Experience in pipe fabrication, pipe fitting or TIG pipe welding within shipbuilding, marine engineering, oil and gas or heavy engineering.
7. Strong understanding of pipework installation, fabrication and welding standards.
8. Ability to work confidently from drawings and to tight tolerances.
9. Comfortable working in workshop and onboard vessel environments.
10. Strong teamwork, communication and problem‑solving skills.
Qualifications for the Pipe Fitter:
11. Recognised Apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 in Fabrication, Pipefitting, Welding or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
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 Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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