Multi Coded Welder

Babcock International; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 36,870 - 45,063; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and annual health check

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading and Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking a Multi Coded Welder based on-site at Clyde, near Helensburgh, to support Royal Navy vessels with MMA, Flux Core and TIG welding. You will work in a highly regulated environment performing critical welds on pipework and structural components, ensuring safety and quality compliance.

The role requires an NVQ/SVQ Level 3 welding apprenticeship and eligibility for UK Security Check clearance, with generous benefits and development opportunities offered by Babcock.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a multi-coded welder with MMA, Flux Core and TIG.
• Strong background in pipework and structural coding.
• Experience in a highly regulated environment with SC clearance expectations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality welds using MMA, Flux Core, and TIG on pipework and structural components.
• Identify and rectify defects in systems and manufacturing processes.
• Enhance welding processes and techniques to improve efficiency and quality.
• Comply with Health & Safety regulations and Safe Systems of Work.
• Collaborate with a multi-skilled team to support routine and emergent welding activities.

Skills

MMA welding

Flux Core welding

TIG welding

Pipework welding

Structural welding

Education

NSVQ Level 3 welding apprenticeship

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Multi Coded Welder

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £40,967 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65269

Weld your future into something extraordinary

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

Role

As a Multi Coded Welder, you’ll be part of a highly skilled team supporting the Royal Navy’s fleet. You’ll carry out critical welding tasks on submarines and surface vessels, ensuring structural integrity and operational readiness. This is a hands-on role where your precision and expertise will directly contribute to national defence and maritime safety.

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

• Deliver high-quality welds using MMA, Flux Core, and TIG techniques on pipework and structural components
• Identify and rectify defects in systems and manufacturing processes
• Enhance welding processes and techniques to improve efficiency and quality
• Comply with Health & Safety regulations and Safe Systems of Work
• Collaborate with a multi-skilled team to support routine and emergent welding activities

This is a full-time role, working 36 hours per week, based on site at Clyde.

Essential experience

• Extensive experience as a multi-coded welder, proficient in MMA, Flux Core, and TIG
• Strong background in pipework and structural coding
• Familiarity with welds subject to non-destructive and destructive testing
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment

Qualifications

• A recognised fabrication/welding Apprenticeship to at least N/SVQ Level 3

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role.

Many 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 to undertake volunteering
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

About Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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—through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

Inclusive culture

We are an inclusive employer welcoming applicants with disabilities. 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 are happy to talk about flexible working—please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 27/07/2026

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