Production Support Operative

Babcock International; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

DigiCare+ health & wellbeing

Employee shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

Reservist leave (10 days)

Holiday Trading programme

Be Kind Day - paid volunteering day

Job summary

Babcock International is hiring a Production Support Operative for its Devonport Royal Dockyard site. You will work hands-on with specialist cleaning equipment and chemicals to keep facilities clean and safe, supporting naval and engineering operations.

The role is full-time, 35 hours per week, on site in Devonport. You will be required to obtain SC security clearance; a UK driving licence is essential and FLT/MEWP training is offered as needed.

Qualifications

• Willingness to work at height and in confined spaces.
• Strong emphasis on health and safety compliance.
• Ability to follow detailed procedures and work in a team.
• Full UK driving licence is required.
• Counterbalance FLT licence is desirable; training will be provided.
• MEWP operator certification or willingness to train.

Responsibilities

• Using specialist cleaning chemicals and equipment to maintain plant and facilities
• Cleaning and decontaminating sensitive areas across the site
• Operating industrial cleaning machinery safely and efficiently
• Following strict health and safety protocols at all times

Skills

Driving licence (UK)

Teamwork

Health & safety

Height & confined spaces

FLT licence

MEWP training

Job description

As a Production Support Operative, you'll be at the core of maintaining operational excellence at one of the UK's most critical defence sites. You'll work hands-on with specialist cleaning equipment and chemicals to ensure our facilities meet the highest standards of safety and cleanliness. This is a vital role that supports the wider engineering and nuclear operations, helping to keep our submarines and naval assets mission ready. Day-to-day, you'll use cleaning chemicals and equipment while ensuring strict adherence to health and safety regulations.

• Using specialist cleaning chemicals and equipment to maintain plant and facilities
• Cleaning and decontaminating sensitive areas across the site
• Operating industrial cleaning machinery safely and efficiently
• Following strict health and safety protocols at all times

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

• Willingness to work at height and in confined spaces
• Positive attitude towards health and safety, with the confidence to challenge unsafe practices
• Ability to work effectively in a team and follow detailed procedures, Full clean UK driving licence
• Counterbalance FLT licence is desirable, but training will be provided
• MEWP operator certification or willingness to train

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

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Production Support Operative at Devonport Royal Dockyard, near Plymouth, Devon., 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 - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

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 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