Reactor Mechanical Fitter

Babcock International; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Reactor Mechanical Fitter to join their team at Devonport Royal Dockyard. This full-time role offers the opportunity to work within a highly regulated environment, maintaining reactor systems and supporting complex submarine engineering projects. With a focus on safety and precision, you will utilize your exceptional hand skills and technical knowledge to ensure the highest standards are met. Join a company that values your contributions and offers a range of benefits, including generous leave, a contributory pension scheme, and opportunities for professional development. If you are passionate about engineering and looking for a fulfilling career, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Contributory Pension scheme

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for Reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Opportunity to work with innovative technology

Potential to develop skills

Qualifications

• Experience in Marine Engineering environments with exceptional hand skills.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Maintain reactor systems and work to strict tolerances.
• Carry out maintenance and installation activities in controlled areas.

Skills

Marine Engineering

Technical Drawing Interpretation

Mechanical Equipment Overhaul

Hand Skills

Safety Standards Compliance

Education

Time Served Apprentice in Marine Engineering

Indentured Apprenticeship in Mechanical Discipline

Level 3 Mechanical Engineering Qualification

Job description

Job Title: Reactor Mechanical Fitter
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £35,530.00+ Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58395

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 Reactor Mechanical Fitter at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Reactor Mechanical Fitter, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you’ll utilise technical competence to work within strict tolerances as a Mechanical Fitter in a highly regulated and process driven environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll carry out a range of maintenance and installation activities, working on various systems and equipment in radiologically controlled areas, in support of complex submarine engineering projects.

• Maintain reactor systems
• Work to technical drawings and schedules
• Work to the required standards and strict tolerances
• Work as part of a team
• Embrace safety standards.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Reactor Mechanical Fitter:

• Experience of working within Marine Engineering environments and projects
• Exceptional hand skills with the ability to work to close tolerances
• Demonstrable experience of working on the removal, installation, and overhaul of mechanical equipment with a particular focus on propulsion equipment and auxiliary system equipment
• Ability to work methodically and to high standards, including tool control
• Ability and confidence to read and interpret technical drawings.

Qualifications for the Reactor Mechanical Fitter:

• Time served apprentice within the field of Marine Engineering / Naval Submarine engineering
• Indentured Apprenticeship in a mechanical discipline
• Level 3 Modern Apprenticeship in a mechanical discipline
• Level 3 Mechanical Engineering qualification.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• 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
• Opportunity to work with innovative technology.
• Potential to develop skills.

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.