Electrical Fitter

weServed; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme,£1

Access to a Digital GP, annual health

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists leave – 10 days

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Maintenance Electrician to support critical electrical infrastructure at Coulport. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance, fault finding, and testing to ensure safe, reliable operation within a high-security defence setting.

The role involves working with cranes and electrical equipment, strict safety and documentation standards, and on-site duties Monday to Thursday, 07:15–16:45. Applicants must meet SC clearance requirements and UK national eligibility.

Qualifications

• Experience carrying out electrical maintenance activities within industrial, engineering, manufacturing or commercial environments.
• Experience in fault finding, repair, testing and inspection of electrical systems and equipment.
• Knowledge of safe systems of work and working within regulated environments.
• Experience maintaining accurate maintenance and compliance documentation.
• Good understanding of health and safety legislation, risk assessments and safe working practices.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance activities on electrical systems and equipment across site.
• Performing fault finding, testing, inspection and repair work to maintain operational performance and compliance.
• Maintaining overhead cranes and associated electrical equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Completing maintenance records, reports and documentation accurately and in line with company procedures.
• Following safe systems of work, risk assessments and health and safety requirements at all times.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Safety compliance

Education

SVQ Level 3 in Electrical

Electrical Testing & Inspection (desirable)

Job description

Job Title: Maintenance Electrician

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £40,967 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76234

Power mission-critical infrastructure and help create a safe and secure world

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 Maintenance Electrician at our RNAD Coulport site.

The role

As a Maintenance Electrician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play a vital role in maintaining and supporting critical electrical infrastructure within a unique and highly secure defence environment. Working as part of a skilled and collaborative team, you'll help ensure the safe and reliable operation of a wide range of facilities and equipment that contribute directly to national defence capabilities.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance activities on electrical systems and equipment across site.
• Performing fault finding, testing, inspection and repair work to maintain operational performance and compliance.
• Maintaining overhead cranes and associated electrical equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Completing maintenance records, reports and documentation accurately and in line with company procedures.
• Following safe systems of work, risk assessments and health and safety requirements at all times.

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

Please note that this position involves working in confined spaces. Candidates must be able to work comfortably and perform tasks in restricted spaces.

Please note that this position involves working at height. Candidates must be able to work safely and perform tasks at varying heights.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday 07:15 - 16:45 and is based on site at Coulport.

Essential experience of the Maintenance Electrician

• Experience carrying out electrical maintenance activities within industrial, engineering, manufacturing or commercial environments.
• Experience in fault finding, repair, testing and inspection of electrical systems and equipment.
• Knowledge of safe systems of work and working within regulated environments.
• Experience maintaining accurate maintenance and compliance documentation.
• Good understanding of health and safety legislation, risk assessments and safe working practices.

Qualifications for the Maintenance Electrician

• SVQ Level 3 in an Electrical discipline, or equivalent recognised qualification.
• Electrical Testing and Inspection qualification is desirable
• Additional qualifications or training relevant to electrical maintenance is desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 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: 16/10/2026

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