Defence Welder: High-Integrity Welding, Onsite in Bristol

Babcock International; West of England; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension scheme

Life assurance

Digital GP access

Annual health check

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping portal

Professional fees paid

10 days paid leave for Reservists

Holiday trading

'Be Kind Day' paid volunteering

Flexible working

Dynamic working environment

Job summary

Babcock is hiring a Welder for Ashton Vale near Bristol to join our Mission Systems Production team. You will deliver complex welding solutions for high-strength steel assemblies used in defence projects, working with a skilled team focused on quality, precision and safety.

Day-to-day duties include welding large quenched and tempered steel parts, reading fabrication drawings, and performing processes using manual, mechanised, and robotic welding.

Qualifications

• Time served apprenticeship or equivalent in welding/fabrication.
• Ability to read complex fabrication drawings.
• Experience with FCAW and solid wire pulse MAG.
• Experience in defence industry is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Weld large high-strength quenched and tempered steel assemblies for defence.
• Weld assemblies used for lifting and handling in defence.
• Welds undergo full NDT, including ultrasonic and radiographic tests.
• Use manual, mechanised and robotic welding processes.

Skills

Apprenticeship in welding

Fabrication drawings reading

FCAW welding

High-strength steel welding

Job description

Babcock is hiring a Welder for Ashton Vale near Bristol to join our Mission Systems Production team. You will deliver complex welding solutions for high-strength steel assemblies used in defence projects, working with a skilled team focused on quality, precision and safety.

Day-to-day duties include welding large quenched and tempered steel parts, reading fabrication drawings, and performing processes using manual, mechanised, and robotic welding.