Plumber
Location: Chatham, Kent
Compensation: From £36,414 dependent on experience + benefits
Role type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73536
Keep critical infrastructure running and make a real impact every day. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Plumber at Chatham, near Chatham, Kent.
Responsibilities
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance, including system checks, inspections, and servicing.
- Diagnose and repair faults across plumbing, heating, and water hygiene systems.
- Respond to reactive maintenance tasks such as leaks, blockages, and system faults.
- Maintain accurate records of work completed and support inventory management.
- Support general site operations by ensuring systems remain safe, compliant, and fully operational.
This position involves manual work, including lifting, bending, using tools, or standing for extended periods.
Location is onsite at Chatham. Working hours are Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:30, totaling 40 hours per week. Overtime is available.
Essential Experience
- Demonstrable plumbing experience, ideally within a commercial or facilities environment.
- Experience carrying out both planned and reactive maintenance.
- Ability to fault find and repair a range of mechanical and plumbing systems.
- Strong understanding of health and safety and compliance standards.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Qualifications
- Relevant plumbing qualification.
- Full UK driving licence.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. Eligibility may be affected by place of birth, nationality, citizenship and residency. 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 allows employees to buy additional leave or 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) for volunteering work.
Company Information
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. 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 work‑life balance. We call that lifetime engineering.
We are a disability confident committed employer. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Application Guidance
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Early applications are encouraged, as we may close the advert ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of strong applicants.
Closing date: 15/07/2026
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