Job Title: Metallurgist
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £42, - £48,
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 Metallurgist at our Faslane site.
The role
As a Metallurgist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The main objective of the Metallurgist is to provide a Metallurgical service across the Royal Navy’s in-service submarine fleet and other MOD assets, ensuring work tasks are delivered safely, on time and to specification.
Day-to-day, you’ll undertake a variety of specialist on-site inspections and laboratory analysis primarily associated with the submarine Nuclear Steam Raising Plant (NSRP) and other systems, in accordance with approved procedures and national/international and MOD standards, as well as:
1. Be a key stakeholder in the acceptance process of welder and weld procedure qualification by carrying out destructive testing/examinations of nuclear and non-nuclear welds
2. Provide technical advice and support to the business on all metallurgical aspects. This involves working closely with teams from Nuclear Standards, Welding, Non-Destructive Examination (NDE), the Technical/Design Authority groups and Naval Staff
3. Produce and approval of documentation, procedures, and inspection reports
4. Rectification of defective components and returning to design intent.
This role is full time and is based on site at Faslane.
Essential experience of the Metallurgist:
5. An understanding of corrosion, material degradation mechanisms and metallurgy.
6. Applying a good attitude is required accompanied with a desire to learn and develop, building on formal education and experience
7. Understanding and communication of complex findings and concepts is paramount to the role, therefore strong verbal and written skills are required
8. Able to apply rigorous engineering and quality standards to each aspect of work, both within the laboratory and aboard naval defence platforms
9. To have good interpersonal skills as you must be able to interact effectively and build relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
Qualifications for the Metallurgist:
10. Degree level in Metallurgy or Materials Engineering/Science, or other relevant discipline. Alternatively an HND/HNC of a relevant discipline accompanied with relevant experience.
11. Professional accreditation (chartered/incorporated) status, or working towards, with relevant professional body (eg IOM3/WeldI).
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
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
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 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.
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. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.