Fabricator

Babcock International; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Fabricator - Plater at their Devonport site, playing a vital role in structural fabrication and repairs for national defense projects. This full-time, permanent position offers a competitive salary with opportunities for overtime, along with a generous benefits package that supports both personal and professional development.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Special paid leave for reservists

Holiday trading option

Volunteering leave

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in marine engineering or similar sectors (e.g., Royal Navy, commercial shipbuilding).
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work in team settings.

Responsibilities

• Fabricating and altering structures using various metals.
• Interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.
• Performing structural repairs.

Skills

Ability to read engineering drawings

Competence in using fabrication tools

Strong safety-first mindset

Education

Indentured Apprenticeship or Level 2 qualification in fabrication

Job description

Job Title: Fabricator - Plater
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £35,530 + OTE up to £50,882 + shift enhancements
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Job ID: SF56075

Make a real impact. Shape the future.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. As a Plater / Fabricator at our Devonport site, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the UK’s submarine and warship programmes—helping to deliver some of the most complex and critical engineering projects in the country.

The Role

As a Plater - Fabricator, you’ll be part of a highly skilled team working on structural fabrication and repairs across a range of platforms including submarines, warships, and factory-based modules. This is a hands-on role where your technical expertise and commitment to safety will directly contribute to national defence and maritime innovation.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Fabricating and altering structures using a variety of metals and thicknesses.
• Interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.
• Performing structural repairs and manufacturing structural modules.
• Operating general workshop tools and fabrication machinery.

What you’ll bring

• Proven ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and work instructions.
• Competence in using fabrication tools and workshop machinery.
• Experience in marine engineering or similar sectors (e.g., Royal Navy, RFA, commercial shipbuilding).
• A strong safety-first mindset and attention to detail.

Qualifications
Indentured Apprenticeship or Level 2 qualification in fabrication, structural steel, or sheet metal work.

Working Pattern

• Full-time, 35 hours per week.
• Based on-site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
• Includes Optimised Working Patterns (OWP) with 4-week shift cycles (day/back or day/night shifts).
• OWP includes enhanced pay—details available from the hiring manager.

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 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
• 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.

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