Maintenance Electrical Fitter

Babcock International; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Maintenance Electrical Fitter at our site in Rosyth, Fife. This full-time, permanent role involves maintaining critical infrastructure, inspecting electrical systems, and performing repairs. Candidates should have strong electrical maintenance skills and the ability to work independently. Competitive benefits include a generous holiday allowance and a matched contribution pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee assistance programme

Holiday Trading option

Qualifications

• Proven experience in electrical maintenance within industrial/marine settings.
• Capability to diagnose and repair faults in control circuits.
• Experience with inspecting and testing electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain mobile, overhead, and Goliath cranes across the site.
• Inspect and test building electrical systems for safety.
• Execute planned and corrective electrical maintenance on site.

Skills

Ability to work independently

Problem-solving skills

Knowledge of control circuits

Comfortable working at heights

Ability to read technical drawings

Education

ONC in Electrical Plant Engineering or HNC

Job description

Job Title: Maintenance Electrical Fitter

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £39,129

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67925

Powering Progress at Rosyth – Join the Team Behind the UK's Most Iconic Engineering Projects

About Us

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Maintenance Electrical Fitter at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife.

Rosyth is home to one of the UK’s largest waterside manufacturing and repair facilities. From assembling the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers to supporting cutting-edge shipbuilding and marine engineering, our site is a hub of innovation, scale, and opportunity. This is your chance to be part of something extraordinary.

The role

As a Maintenance Electrical Fitter, you’ll be at the heart of our operations—ensuring the reliability and performance of critical infrastructure that supports national defence and marine engineering. This is a hands-on role where your expertise will directly contribute to the success of our shipbuilding programmes and the safety of our operations.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Maintaining mobile, overhead, and Goliath cranes across the site.
• Inspecting and testing building electrical systems to ensure safety and compliance.
• Diagnosing and repairing faults in control circuits with minimal supervision.
• Executing planned and corrective electrical maintenance on buildings, plant, and equipment.
• Installing and repairing electrical circuitry and minor works across the site.

You'll be based onsite at Rosyth, working 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Set working times are standard daytime hours. This full-time, permanent position offers a dynamic working environment where your skills will grow alongside some of the most advanced engineering projects in the UK.

Essential experience

• Proven ability to work independently and solve problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with electrical maintenance in industrial or marine settings.
• Strong understanding of control circuits and fault-finding techniques.
• Comfortable working at heights and in confined spaces.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and documentation.

Qualifications

• An ONC in Electrical Plant Engineering (preferably an HNC)

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 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.

Closing date: 07/10/2025