Welder

Babcock International Group; Rosyth; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension

Digital GP & health checks

Employee share scheme

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Development opportunities

Job summary

Babcock International at Rosyth Dockyard is seeking a Welder to join the defence-focused manufacturing teams. You will perform SMAW, GMAW-P, GTAW, SAW, and Arc Air Gouging, ensuring weld quality and safety on critical components for submarine programmes.

The role is full-time and onsite, offering a 39-hour week across rotating day and night 12-hour shifts, with SC clearance required and Level 3 Welder qualification preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of weld defects and their causes.
• Ability to perform set-up procedures for welding equipment and accessories.
• Experience with pulsed MIG (or MIG and TIG).

Responsibilities

• Execute welding tasks using SMAW, GMAW-P, GTAW, SAW, and Arc Air Gouging processes to exacting standards.
• Operate welding equipment safely, setting up and maintaining plant in line with procedures.
• Conduct visual inspections of welds to meet project specifications.
• Use digital and thermal devices for temperature monitoring and manage pre-heating equipment.
• Perform daily machine checks, report faults, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Welding defects understanding

Welding setup procedures

Pulsed MIG / MIG & TIG

Education

Level 3 Welder qualification

Job description

Shape the Future of Defence Engineering

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Welder at our Rosyth site.

Job Title: Welder

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £53,599 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65567

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Welder at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Welder, you'll be at the heart of one of the most critical defence projects in the world. You'll work on the manufacturing of 22 tactical missile tube assemblies as part of the Common Missile Compartment (CMC) project for the UK Successor and US Ohio Class replacement submarine programmes. This is your chance to contribute to national security while developing your skills in a dynamic, high-tech environment.

Day-to-day, you'll have the following responsibilities:

• Execute welding tasks using SMAW, GMAW-P, GTAW, SAW, and Arc Air Gouging processes to exacting standards.
• Operate welding equipment safely, setting up and maintaining plant in line with procedures.
• Conduct visual inspections of welds to meet project specifications.
• Use digital and thermal devices for temperature monitoring and manage pre-heating equipment.
• Perform daily machine checks, report faults, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

This is a full-time, permanent role based onsite at Rosyth Dockyard, Fife. You'll work 39 hours per week on a rotational shift pattern of days and nights (12-hour shifts).

Essential experience of the Welder

• Strong understanding of weld defects and their causes.
• Ability to perform set-up procedures for welding equipment and accessories.
• Experience with pulsed MIG (or MIG and TIG).

Qualifications for the Welder

• Level 3 qualified or indentured apprentice Welder.

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 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: 03/09/26