Refrigeration Fitter

Babcock International; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP & health check

Employee share scheme

Shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Special paid leave for Reservists

4 day working week

Fixed location working

Overtime available

Standby/callout rota with incentives

Job summary

Babcock is recruiting a Refrigeration Fitter to work at HMNB Clyde, Faslane, near Helensburgh. You will maintain refrigeration systems servicing submarines and vessels, ensuring safety and readiness for national defence.

The role offers long-term career progression within defence and engineering, with a focus on planed maintenance and fault resolution. You will perform planned maintenance, diagnose faults, and complete repairs while following safety standards.

Qualifications

• Proven refrigeration experience in marine, shipbuilding, industrial, transport or commercial engineering environments.
• Experience in an engineering maintenance setting.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Transferable skills from other engineering trades may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance on refrigeration systems, including safety-critical work.
• Diagnosing faults and resolving defects to maintain operational capability.
• Completing repairs, inspections and fitting activities across a range of systems.
• Following health and safety legislation and Safe Systems of Work.
• Identifying and suggesting improvements to enhance performance and productivity.

Skills

Proven experience in refrigeration

Maintenance in engineering settings

Fault-finding and problem-solving

Independent and team-working

Transferable engineering skills

Education

Level 3 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

F Gas Category 1 certification

Other Level 3 engineering quals considered

Job description

Job Title: Refrigeration Fitter

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £40,967

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75504

Keep critical cooling systems running at the heart of the Royal Navy

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Refrigeration Fitter at HMNB Clyde, Faslane, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role

As a Refrigeration Fitter, you'll play a vital role in maintaining the safety, performance and reliability of refrigeration systems that support submarines and surface vessels. This is more than a technical role - it's an opportunity to directly contribute to national defence while developing your engineering expertise within a highly skilled team.

You’ll be involved in essential maintenance, inspections and repairs, ensuring the Royal Navy's fleet remains operationally ready. Working in this fast-paced and purpose-driven environment will challenge you, develop your skills and offer long-term career progression within defence, aerospace and engineering.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance on refrigeration systems, including safety-critical work
• Diagnosing faults and resolving defects to maintain operational capability
• Completing repairs, inspections and fitting activities across a range of systems
• Always Following health and safety legislation and Safe Systems of Work
• Identifying and suggesting improvements to enhance performance and productivity.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde, Faslane. Set working times provide consistency and support a healthy work-life balance.

Essential experience of the Refrigeration Fitter:

• Proven experience in refrigeration within marine, shipbuilding, industrial, transport or commercial engineering environments
• Experience working in an engineering maintenance setting
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Transferable skills from other engineering trades will also be considered.

Qualifications for the Refrigeration Fitter:

• Level 3 qualification in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning or equivalent
• F Gas Category 1 certification
• Other Level 3 engineering qualifications may be considered depending on 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.

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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. 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.
• 4 day working week supporting excellent work life balance
• Consistent start and finish times every working day
• Fixed location working providing stability and routine
• Overtime available to support operational requirements
• Opportunity to enrol in standby/callout rota with added financial incentive

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 - 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: 03/09/2026

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