Job Title: Generator and Diesel Engine Specialist
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £41, to £45, dependent on experience
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 Generator and Diesel Engine Specialist at our Clyde, Coulport site.
The role
As a Generator and Diesel Engine Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll become a key player in maintaining and improving critical infrastructure that supports national defence.
Day-to-day you’ll:
1. Provide expert support for engine-related systems in Building .
2. Diagnose and solve mechanical and POL (Petrol, Oils & Lubricants) issues.
3. Support maintenance teams and projects with your specialist knowledge.
4. Ensure safety, quality, and environmental standards are upheld.
5. Act as an Authorised Person for Mechanical Pressure Systems and POL.
This role is full-time, 36 hours worked over 4 days, and is based on site at RNAD Coulport, near Helensburgh.
Essential experience of the Generator and Diesel Engine Specialist
6. You must have experience working on Diesel, Oil or Petrol Engines.
7. You will be experienced working on Generators.
Qualifications for the Generator and Diesel Engine Specialist
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
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
8. What we offer
9. Generous holiday allowance
10. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
11. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare
12. Employee share scheme
13. Employee shopping savings portal
14. Payment of Professional Fees
15. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
16. 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.
17. ‘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
18. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.