Multi Skilled Operative

weServed; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee shopping portal and payment (

10 days special paid leave for Reserv-

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Multi Skilled Operative at HMNB Clyde, Helensburgh, to support Fleet Engineering teams with maintenance and operational tasks. The role is on-site, 37 hours per week, with strict adherence to safety and procedures within a defence environment.

The successful candidate will require SC clearance, work within established processes, and contribute to efficient engineering operations that support submarines, surface craft, and estate infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering, maintenance, industrial, marine, defence or operational environment.
• Strong health and safety awareness and safe working practices.
• Ability to work as part of a team while supporting multiple priorities.
• Experience handling equipment and performing active tasks safely.

Responsibilities

• Assist Fleet Engineering teams with planned maintenance and engineering tasks.
• Help identify and rectify equipment defects and engineering issues.
• Handle, control, issue and return work equipment per procedures.
• Follow health and safety legislation and safe working practices.
• Contribute ideas to improve processes, efficiency and performance.

Skills

Engineering environment

Health & safety

Teamwork

Equipment handling

Operational priorities

Job description

Job Title: Multi Skilled Operative

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £29,658

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75512

Help keep one of the UK's most important defence programmes moving forward

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 Skilled Operative at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

With the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine fleet relying on world-class engineering support, this is your opportunity to join a team that helps maintain critical assets, supports national security, and delivers essential engineering services. You'll work in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same, developing valuable skills while contributing to work that really matters.

The role

As a Multi Skilled Operative, you'll provide vital support to Fleet Engineering teams, helping ensure planned maintenance, engineering activities, and operational support tasks are completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. This is an excellent opportunity to build your experience within defence engineering, working alongside skilled professionals supporting submarines, surface craft, and estate infrastructure.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Supporting engineering teams to deliver planned preventative maintenance activities.
• Assisting with the identification and rectification of equipment defects, alterations, and engineering issues.
• Handling, controlling, issuing, and returning work equipment in line with operational requirements.
• Working safely within health and safety legislation, safe systems of work, and control of work procedures.
• Contributing ideas that improve processes, efficiency, productivity, and operational performance.

This role is 37 hours per week, based on site at HMNB Clyde. Set working times are Monday to Thursday, 7:15am to 4:45pm.

Essential experience of the Multi Skilled Operative:

• Experience working within an engineering, maintenance, industrial, manufacturing, marine, defence, or operational environment.
• Strong awareness of health and safety requirements and safe working practices.
• Experience following procedures, work instructions, and established processes.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team while supporting multiple operational priorities.
• Practical experience handling equipment and completing physically active tasks safely.

Qualifications for the Multi Skilled Operative:

• Demonstrable practical skills and experience relevant to engineering support or operational activities.

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 shopping savings portalPayment 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: 16/09/2026

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