Scaffolding Operative

weServed; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and Aviva DigiCare+

Employee shopping portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Leave for Reservists (10 days)

Holiday Trading program

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, is seeking a Scaffolder for HMNB Clyde Faslane. This full-time role (36 hours) onsite offers overtime and a clear path within a national defence environment.

You'll support maintenance, inspections and engineering by erecting Cuplock and advanced scaffolding across the Clyde estate. Applicants should have Advanced Scaffolder (Blue Card) and experience with tube-and-fitting systems, and must be able to obtain SC clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering scaffolding for engineering, maintenance or industrial operations.
• Experience with tube and fitting scaffolding systems.
• Experience using Cuplock and other advanced scaffolding systems.
• Experience conducting scaffold inspections and modifications.
• Ability to work safely in regulated industrial environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver scaffolding services to support maintenance and engineering activities.
• Construct, modify and dismantle Cuplock and advanced scaffolding structures.
• Support planned preventative maintenance and repairs.
• Inspect scaffold installations for safety and quality compliance.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity and working practices.

Skills

Scaffolding experience

Tube & fitting systems

Cuplock systems

Scaffold inspections

Safety compliance

Education

Advanced Scaffolder (Blue Card)

Job description

Job Title: Scaffolder

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £34,419 - £39,205

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75261

Build the infrastructure that helps protect the nation.

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

Working in defence, engineering and infrastructure support is about more than a job. It's an opportunity to contribute to critical national operations while developing your skills in a highly specialist environment. As a Scaffolder, you'll support essential maintenance and engineering activities across one of the UK's most important naval sites, helping to ensure operational readiness and safety while building a rewarding long-term career.

The role

As a Scaffolder, you'll be responsible for delivering scaffolding services that enable maintenance, inspection and engineering activities across the Clyde estate. Working alongside skilled engineering teams, you'll play a vital role in supporting planned preventative maintenance, repairs and modifications that keep critical assets operational. This is an exciting opportunity to work on complex projects, develop your expertise in advanced scaffolding systems and become part of a team making a meaningful contribution to national defence.

• Carrying out scaffolding operations using tube and fitting systems and recognised scaffold products.
• Constructing, modifying and dismantling Cuplock and advanced scaffolding structures.
• Supporting engineering teams to deliver planned preventative maintenance and repair activities.
• Inspecting and maintaining scaffold installations to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Contributing to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance productivity and working practices.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde, Faslane. Overtime opportunities are available across a four-day working week and weekends.

Essential experience of the Scaffolder:

• Experience delivering scaffolding services in support of engineering, maintenance or industrial operations.
• Experience working with tube and fitting scaffolding systems.
• Experience using recognised system scaffolding products, including Cuplock systems.
• Experience carrying out scaffold inspections, maintenance and modifications.
• Experience working safely within regulated industrial, construction, engineering, defence or infrastructure environments.

Qualifications for the Scaffolder:

• Advanced Scaffolder (Blue Card).

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 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

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: 21/09/2026

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