Production Support Operative

Babcock; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Production Support Operative to join their team at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth. This full-time role involves supporting complex engineering projects, including maintenance and installation tasks across warships and submarines. Candidates should have marine engineering experience and a full UK driving license. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including a matched pension scheme and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Marine engineering experience preferred, including work on Royal Navy ships or large commercial ships.
• Ability to assist Electrical Fitters with pre-heat requirements for welding.
• Experience working in a Naval Base environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to maintenance, installation, and equipment testing across warships and submarines.
• Assist with equipment installation and maintenance, including system functional tests.
• Support complex engineering projects ensuring smooth delivery.

Skills

Ability to read engineering drawings

Interpret work instructions

Use workshop tools

Marine engineering experience

Experience in Naval Base environment

Education

Full UK driving License

HS0003 Hot Work Operators / Sentries

HS0384 Practical Fire Training

NUC1119 Entry to Radiological Area

Job description

Job Title: Production Support Operative
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £31,229 + Benefits - Gross OTE £44,724
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63794

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 Production Support Operative at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Production Support Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join our team as a Production Support Operative at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth, working across various business units. Play a crucial role in supporting complex engineering projects, from Warships and Submarines to Factory operations, ensuring smooth and efficient delivery.

Day-to-day, you’ll contribute to maintenance, installation, and equipment testing across warships, submarines, and factory settings at Devonport Dockyard. Working closely with Electrical Fitters to ensure the smooth execution of complex engineering projects.

• Assist experienced Electrical Fitters with pre-heat requirements for welding and temporary electrical supplies.
• Support equipment installation and maintenance, including system functional tests and monitoring duties.

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

There is an opportunity for Optimised Working Patterns (OWP) within this role. OWP is a temporary variation to your standard terms and condition that commits you to support 7-day working arrangements. For full details of the patterns, pay and durations, this can be found in the OWP 1 and OWP 2 agreements (available from hiring manager).

Primarily, it involves 5-week shift cycles consisting of either day/back shift or day/night shift. An example of the remuneration for these shifts is as follows:

Gross salary: £31,229
Gross OTE for core Dayshift/Backshift Pattern: £44,724

Essential experience of the Production Support Operative

• Ability to read engineering drawings, interpret work instructions, and use workshop tools, including those specific to electrical engineering.
• Marine engineering experience preferred, including work on Royal Navy ships, submarines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, or large commercial ships—other relevant engineering experience considered.
• Experience working in a Naval Base environment - Desirable

Qualifications for the Production Support Operative

• Full UK driving License is a requirement of this role.
• HS0003 Hot Work Operators / Sentries - Desirable
• HS0384 Practical Fire Training - Desirable
• NUC1119 Entry to Radiological Area - Desirable

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

• 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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: 28/05/2025