Welder Fabricator

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company is seeking a Welder Fabricator at their Cranwell site in England. This full-time role involves operating machinery and manufacturing crucial components for defense and aerospace missions. Over time, candidates will gain skills in welding and metal workshop engineering. The company offers a supportive environment and various benefits, including health services and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

Volunteering leave

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Candidates will receive support from day one without needing prior experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate the engraving machine as needed.
• Adhere to the local tool control system.
• Complete all tasks safely and efficiently.
• Deputise for the metal workshop inventory.
• Maintain workshop machinery as directed.

Skills

No prior experience required

Education

Level 3 Qualification in a Metal Workshop Engineering Discipline

Level 3 Qualification in MIG/TIG Welding

Job description

Overview

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 Fabricator at our Cranwell site, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire.

Location: Cranwell (on-site), Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67706

Shape the Future of Engineering Excellence

The role

As a Welder Fabricator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our aviation engineering operations, helping to design and manufacture critical components that support our defence and aerospace missions. This is a hands-on role where your craftsmanship and precision will directly contribute to national security and operational readiness. It’s a chance to grow your skills, work with cutting-edge equipment, and be part of a team that values quality, safety, and innovation.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Operating the engraving machine (training provided if needed)
• Adhering to the local tool control system
• Ensuring all tasks are completed safely and efficiently
• Deputising for the metal workshop inventory
• Maintaining workshop machinery as directed by the Team Leader

This role is full time, working 39 hours per week on-site at Cranwell.

Essential experience of the Welder Fabricator

• No prior experience required – we’ll support your development from day one

Qualifications for the Welder Fabricator

• Level 3 Qualification in a Metal Workshop Engineering Discipline
• Level 3 Qualification in MIG/TIG Welding (Mild Steel, Stainless Steel & Aluminium)

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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

• 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.

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