Electrical Fitter

Babcock International Group; Garelochhead; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP & health check

Shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

Reservist leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock, a global defence contractor, is recruiting an Electrical Fitter for HMNB Clyde near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute. You will maintain, repair and inspect electrical systems within the Shiplift Facility to support safe, reliable operation of critical defence infrastructure.

The role is full-time and permanent, onsite, with opportunities to develop specialist technical expertise, work with a skilled team and contribute to national security while adhering to rigorous safety and engineering

Qualifications

• Experience in marine, industrial, or electrical maintenance environments.
• Confidence working at height, in confined spaces and in varied weather conditions.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and undertake fault-finding activities.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality engineering standards.
• Experience with maintenance procedures, risk assessments, COSHH and safe systems of work; plus good teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventive maintenance and nuclear-implicated work across Shiplift systems and equipment.
• Identify, diagnose and rectify faults to maximise operational availability.
• Follow established engineering processes and contribute ideas to improve performance, efficiency and productivity.
• Work safely in accordance with health and safety legislation, safe systems of work and control of work procedures.
• Support maintenance activities across the wider estate when required.

Skills

Marine maintenance

Industrial maintenance

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Engineering drawings

Attention to detail

COSHH

Teamwork

Education

SVQ Level 3 or NVQ/City & Guilds equivalent or HNC or above in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Role ID

SF75643

Keep critical defence infrastructure operating at its best while building a career with real purpose.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical Fitter at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

Job Title: Electrical Fitter

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £40,967

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

The role

As an Electrical Fitter, you'll be responsible for maintaining, repairing and inspecting electrical systems and equipment within the Shiplift Facility. Your work will directly support the safe, reliable and efficient operation of critical defence infrastructure, helping ensure essential assets remain available when they are needed most.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled engineering team where you'll work on complex equipment, develop specialist technical expertise and contribute to projects that support national security. Whether you're applying your maintenance experience or further developing your engineering career, you'll be part of a collaborative environment that values continuous improvement, high standards and professional growth.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and nuclear-implicated work across Shiplift systems and equipment.
• Identifying, diagnosing and rectifying faults, defects and equipment issues to maximise operational availability.
• Following established engineering processes while contributing ideas to improve performance, efficiency and productivity.
• Working safely in accordance with health and safety legislation, safe systems of work and control of work procedures.
• Supporting maintenance activities across the wider estate when required.

This is a full-time, permanent position, based onsite at HMNB Clyde.

Essential experience of the Electrical Fitter

• Experience within a marine, industrial engineering or electrical maintenance environment.
• Confidence working at height, in confined spaces and in varied weather conditions.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and undertake fault-finding activities.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality engineering standards.
• Experience of maintenance procedures, risk assessments, COSHH assessments and safe systems of work, alongside excellent teamwork skills.

Qualifications for the Electrical Fitter

• Recognised Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship qualified to SVQ Level 3 (or NVQ, City & Guilds equivalent), or HNC or above in an Electrical Engineering discipline with relevant industry experience.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual 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) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. 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 your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 17/09/2026

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