Job Title: Facility Processing Operator - Maintainer
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £40, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Create a Safer World with Babcock
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Facility Processing Operator - Maintainer at Coulport, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
The role
As a Facility Processing Operator - Maintainer, you’ll be at the heart of operations that support national security and defence. This is a hands-on role where you’ll undertake mechanical fitting activities and conduct operations on Facility Processing and Fixture Assembly Static Test Facility systems and equipment. Your work will ensure the safe and efficient functioning of critical infrastructure, making a real difference to the business and the wider community.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
1. Carry out planned preventative maintenance and nuclear-implicated work to meet business objectives.
2. Identify and rectify system and manufacturing defects, ensuring compliance with processes.
3. Suggest improvements to systems and processes to boost productivity.
4. Provide familiarisation training for new staff on facility processing systems and equipment.
This is a full-time role, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Coulport
Essential experience of the Facility Processing Operator - Maintainer:
5. Mechanical Systems and Equipment
6. Quality Control Systems
7. Lifting Equipment
8. Interpretation of engineering drawings
9. Maintenance Documentation
10. Risk Assessments
11. COSHH
12. Safe systems of work
13. Working at Height regulations
14. Manual Handling regulations
Qualifications for the Facility Processing Operator - Maintainer:
15. Recognised Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent
16. Qualified to SVQ Level 3 or equivalent (e.g., NVQ3, City & Guilds, ONC
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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