Role ID: SF74455
Keep Critical Defence Systems Ready For What Matters MostAt Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Mechanical Fitter at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
Job Title: Mechanical FitterLocation: Helensburgh, Argyll and ButeCompensation: £40,967Role Type: Full time / Permanent
The role
As a Mechanical Fitter, you’ll carry out mechanical maintenance, repairs, inspections and fault‑finding activities on a variety of combat systems and equipment. Your work will help ensure critical assets remain safe, reliable and available when needed.
Day‑to‑day, you’ll be required to:
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance and nuclear‑implicated work in line with operational requirements.
- Identify, diagnose and rectify equipment defects, system faults and mechanical issues.
- Maintain high technical and quality standards to support the availability and performance of combat systems.
- Follow safe systems of work, health and safety legislation and control of work processes.
- Contribute ideas to improve processes, productivity and engineering performance.
This is a 36‑hour working week based onsite at HMNB Clyde. Set working times are Monday to Thursday, 07:15 – 16:45.
Essential experience
- Experience within a marine, industrial engineering or mechanical maintenance environment.
- Ability to work at height, in confined spaces and in varying weather conditions.
- Experience interpreting engineering drawings and technical information.
- Strong fault‑finding, problem‑solving and attention‑to‑detail skills.
- Knowledge of maintenance procedures, risk assessments, COSHH assessments and safe systems of work, alongside excellent teamwork skills.
Qualifications
- Recognised Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship qualified to SVQ Level 3 (or equivalent NVQ/City & Guilds qualification), or
- HNC or above in a Mechanical Engineering discipline supported by relevant industry experience.
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 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 share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading allows you to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ allows employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock
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 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.
We are a disability‑confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need 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: 20/07/2026
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