CNC Machinist

Babcock; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled CNC Machinist to join their team in Bristol. This full-time position involves manufacturing precision components that support vital defense projects. You will play a crucial role in ensuring efficient production, maintaining safety standards, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. With a supportive work environment and excellent development opportunities, this role offers the chance to make a real impact on global security while advancing your career in a respected organization. If you're passionate about engineering and precision work, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for Reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering work

Qualifications

• 2+ years of CNC machining experience, preferably in Defence or Aerospace.
• Experience with precision components and tight tolerances.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture precision components on CNC machines.
• Support production by addressing manufacturing issues and ensuring job readiness.

Skills

CNC Machining

Precision Manufacturing

Problem Solving

Continuous Improvement

Education

Time-served CNC Machinist

Job description

Job Title: CNC Machinist
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Onsite
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61277

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 CNC Machinist at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

Mission Systems is engaged in long-term contracts to supply critical components for submarine weapon handling equipment, supporting both current and future fleets. This 10+ year project plays a vital role in global defense and security.

The role
As a CNC Machinist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Using your develop engineering skills, you will manufacture precision components on CNC machines, working with tight tolerances. Your work will directly support the production of vital equipment, making a real difference to global security and defence.

Day-to-day, you’ll play a key role in ensuring efficient production by addressing issues, preparing for upcoming tasks, and maintaining a safe work environment while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. You’ll also:

• Support Production: Identify and escalate manufacturing issues, ensure job readiness, and actively participate in continuous improvement efforts.
• Maintain Safety Standards: Follow health and safety policies, complete risk assessments, and perform start-of-shift checks to ensure a safe working environment.

This full-time role at Ashton Vale, Bristol, offers a 36-hour workweek with day, back, and night shifts (night shifts available once established).

Essential experience of the CNC Machinist:

• Be a time-served CNC machinist with 2 years’ experience, ideally in the Defence or Aerospace industry.
• Have experience manufacturing small and large components on CNC machines, working with precision and tight tolerances.

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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
• 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 is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 [e-mail] 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: 23/05/2025

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