First Line Manager - Pipe Fitter
Apply for the First Line Manager - Pipe Fitter role at Babcock International Group.
Compensation: £40,098 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70737
Location: Plymouth, Devon
The Role
As a First Line Manager - Pipe Fitter, you’ll lead and develop a team of skilled pipe fitters delivering repairs, maintenance and upgrades on highly complex submarine engineering projects.
* Lead and motivate a multi‑skilled pipe fitting team across submarine projects, setting clear priorities and standards.
* Plan work scopes for repair, replacement, overhaul and maintenance, ensuring quality, schedule and cost performance.
* Champion health, safety and environmental practices associated with production activities, modelling safe behaviours.
* Coordinate with supervisors, engineers and stakeholders to resolve technical issues.
* Develop team capability through coaching, feedback and continuous improvement.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential Experience
* Proven understanding of health and safety processes in a production environment.
* Experience supervising a team or the drive to step up and learn quickly.
* Hands‑on experience of repair, replacement, overhaul and maintenance methods.
* Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead, motivate and communicate clearly.
* Sound knowledge of mechanical systems and pipe fitting practices.
Qualifications
* ONC or NVQ Level 3 in a relevant mechanical discipline.
* ILM Level 3 (or equivalent leadership qualification).
* IOSH certificate (or equivalent safety 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
* Generous holiday allowance
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading 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
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world for over a century. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@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.
Closing Date
19/01/2026
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Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Defense and Space Manufacturing
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