Production Controller - Mechanical

Babcock International; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Production Controller - Mechanical, where you will play a crucial role in delivering complex engineering solutions. This position involves coordinating production tasks, providing technical guidance, and ensuring safety through effective documentation. You'll work on-site at the Devonport Royal Dockyard, collaborating with diverse teams to drive project success. With a strong emphasis on health and safety, this role offers excellent development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package. If you're organized and passionate about engineering, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in health and safety with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Competent in Microsoft Office and project delivery understanding.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and process production tasks in project accordance.
• Provide technical guidance and maintain project schedules.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

Microsoft Office Suite

Project Delivery

Stakeholder Liaison

Organizational Skills

Education

Recognised Apprenticeship

BTECH National / ONC in Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Production Controller - Mechanical
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF62035

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 Production Controller - Mechanical at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Production Controller - Mechanical, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be liaising with a variety of different teams in the delivery of complex engineering solutions. You will be supporting the team in the creation, coordination and processing the release of work documentation to ensure the project is delivered in a safe and controlled manner.

Day-to-day, you’ll be coordinating and processing production tasks in accordance with the project.

• Providing technical guidance to the project by conducting technical statement of work reviews in support of planning / execution of work.
• Producing work breakouts with required documentation to enable work to be conducted safely.
• Processing surveys and emergent work through supporting IT systems.
• Building and maintaining credible schedules for the project.
• Maintaining and managing associated activities through the project delivery framework.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Production Controller - Mechanical

• Experience within a health and safety background with experience of driving continuous improvements to daily activities.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office suite.
• Have an understanding/experience of project delivery.
• Ideally have experience within the Submarine Maintenance Programmes - Desirable.
• Experience of liaising with multiple stakeholders at all levels.
• An organised individual capable of managing multiple work fronts to support delivery.

Qualifications for the Production Controller - Mechanical

• Recognised apprenticeship or professional qualification.
• BTECH National / ONC in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent qualification / experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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: 23/04/2025