Mechanical Fitter

Babcock International; HM Naval Base Clyde; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme with life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Disability confident employer

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Mechanical Fitter for the HMNB Clyde Faslane site to perform hands-on maintenance and fittings in the Shiplift Facility, ensuring naval assets are mission-ready.

The role requires a mechanical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent, ability to read technical drawings, fault finding, and adherence to strict safety standards. On-site, 36 hours/week, Mon–Thu, 07:15–16:45, with benefits and security clearance.

Qualifications

• Recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship to SVQ Level 3 or NVQ/C&G equivalent.
• Alternatively HNC or higher in mechanical engineering with experience.
• Experience in marine or industrial maintenance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Completing planned preventative maintenance and nuclear‑implicated tasks.
• Performing mechanical fitting, inspections and repairs on Shiplift systems and equipment.
• Identifying and resolving system defects to maintain performance and availability.
• Suggesting improvements to systems and processes to boost productivity.
• Working safely within all health and safety legislation and company policies.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Reading drawings

Fault finding

Safety compliance

Working at heights

Education

SVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering

NVQ/C&G equivalent

HNC or above in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Role ID: SF65607

Drive Innovation in Marine Engineering for National Security.

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 Mechanical Fitter at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

Job Title: Mechanical Fitter

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £40,967 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

The role

As a Mechanical Fitter within our Shiplift Facility, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of operations that keep our naval assets mission ready. This is a hands‑on role where your mechanical expertise will directly support national defence, making a real impact on the safety and security of the UK.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Completing planned preventative maintenance and nuclear‑implicated tasks.
• Performing mechanical fitting, inspections and repairs on Shiplift systems and equipment.
• Identifying and resolving system defects to maintain performance and availability.
• Suggesting improvements to systems and processes to boost productivity.
• Working safely within all health and safety legislation and company policies.

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

Essential Experience Of The Mechanical Fitter

• Background in marine or industrial engineering, with mechanical maintenance experience.
• Comfortable working at heights, in confined spaces and in all weather conditions.
• Able to read technical drawings and solve problems with precision and attention to detail.
• Skilled in fault finding and delivering high‑quality work to strict standards.
• Familiar with maintenance procedures, COSHH, risk assessments and safe systems of work.

Qualifications For The Mechanical Fitter

• Recognised Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship qualified to SVQ Level 3 (or NVQ/C&G equivalent), or HNC and above in a Mechanical Engineering discipline with relevant industry experience.

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

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: 12/11/2026

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