Welding Engineering Technician

Babcock International; Bristol; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a Welding Engineering Technician in Bristol. You will be involved in precision engineering for critical projects, ensuring that large-scale fabrications meet the highest standards. Responsibilities include supporting qualifications, conducting welding surveillance, and maintaining welder certifications. Candidates should have structural welding experience and competency in Microsoft Word and Excel. The role offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including training support, generous holidays, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or proven experience in fabrication and welding.
• Experience in structural welding is essential.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel required.

Responsibilities

• Support tender reviews and procedure qualifications.
• Coordinate non-destructive and mechanical testing.
• Conduct welding surveillance to assure quality.
• Maintain welder qualifications.
• Review and authorise welding consumable certification.

Skills

Fabrication and welding experience

Structural welding experience

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Education

HNC or equivalent in welding/fabrication

CSWIP 3.1

TWI Diploma

Job description

Job Title: Welding Engineering Technician

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF 69379

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Welding Engineering Technician at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role

As a Welding Engineering Technician, you’ll be at the heart of delivering precision engineering for mission‑critical defence projects. Your work will help ensure large‑scale fabrications for weapons, submarines, and launch systems meet the highest standards, making a real difference to national security and global safety.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Support tender reviews, procedure qualification and welder qualification, and help implement test programmes.
• Coordinate non‑destructive testing (NDT) and mechanical testing for procedure qualification.
• Conduct planned welding surveillance before, during and after welding to assure quality.
• Maintain welder qualifications, and train/qualify subcontract welders.
• Review and authorise welding consumable certification; monitor compliance to Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) and run production‑improvement trials for structural and pipe joints.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Ashton House, Bristol. (Set working times are Monday–Thursday 07:00–16:00 and Friday 07:00–12:30.

Essential experience of the Welding Engineering Technician

• Apprenticeship or proven experience in fabrication and welding.
• Structural welding experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

Qualifications for the Welding Engineering Technician

• Preferred: HNC (or equivalent) in welding/fabrication; CSWIP 3.1; TWI Diploma — with funding available to support training.

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

• 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: 07/01/2026

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