Job Title: Fabrication Supervisor
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: Up to £52, depending on experience + Benefits
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 Fabrication Supervisor at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.
The role
As a Fabrication Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our operations, leading a skilled team of Industrial Trades professionals. Your leadership will drive the delivery of critical maintenance and commissioning activities on Fleet Assets, directly contributing to national defence and engineering excellence.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
1. Leading and motivating a team to deliver planned and reactive maintenance activities
2. Collaborating with Nuclear Repair Enablement and Fleet Programme Teams to define and schedule work
3. Reviewing safety, quality, and technical documentation before task execution
4. Managing subcontractors to deliver work packages in line with site processes
5. Promoting a culture of safety and continuous improvement across all operations
This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.
Essential experience of the Fabrication Supervisor
6. Experience in a similar supervisory role within a highly regulated industry
7. Skilled in Safe Systems of Work and their practical application
8. Strong knowledge of Safety, Health, Environmental, and Quality standards
9. Proven ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced engineering environment
Qualifications for the Fabrication Supervisor
10. HNC in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on experience
11. ILM Level 3 certification (desirable but not essential)
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.