Overview
Job Title: Production Support Operative Electrical
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £32,478 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74919
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. You can play your part as a Production Support Operative at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
Responsibilities
As a Production Support Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll work across various business units at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth, supporting complex engineering projects, from warships and submarines to factory operations, ensuring smooth and efficient delivery.
Day to day, you’ll contribute to maintenance, installation, and equipment testing across warships, submarines, and factory settings at Devonport Dockyard. You will work closely with Electrical Fitters to ensure the smooth execution of complex engineering projects.
- Assist experienced Electrical Fitters with pre-heat requirements for welding and temporary electrical supplies.
- Support equipment installation and maintenance, including system functional tests and monitoring duties.
This role is full time 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience
- Ability to read engineering drawings, interpret work instructions, and use workshop tools, including those specific to electrical engineering.
- Marine engineering experience preferred, including work on Royal Navy ships, submarines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, or large commercial ships—other relevant engineering experience considered.
- Experience working in a Naval Base environment – Desirable
Qualifications
- Full UK driving License is a requirement of this role.
- HS0003 Hot Work Operators / Sentries – Desirable
- HS0384 Practical Fire Training – Desirable
- NUC1119 Entry to Radiological Area – Desirable
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means eligibility for certain roles may be affected by 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 shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- 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 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 a chosen organisation or registered charity
About Babcock and role fit
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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 essential to national security and public infrastructure. We’re building a future that lasts — with meaningful careers and work-life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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: 22/07/2026
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