Welding Supervisor - Orbital Systems

Babcock International; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Welding Supervisor – Orbital Systems at their HMNB Clyde Faslane site in Helensburgh. The successful candidate will lead a team of welding professionals, ensuring high-quality maintenance and repair in a regulated environment. Essential experience includes proficiency in orbital welding and strong knowledge of safety standards. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Volunteer leave days

Excellent development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Responsibilities

• Leading and motivating a team of orbital welding professionals
• Collaborating with teams to plan and schedule tasks
• Reviewing safety and quality documentation
• Ensuring team members are qualified for deployment
• Promoting a culture of safety and continuous improvement

Skills

Experience in a similar role within a highly regulated industry

Strong knowledge of orbital welding machines

Solid understanding of Safety, Health, Environmental, and Quality standards

Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications

Proven hands-on experience in orbital welding

Education

HNC in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent practical experience

ILM Level 3 certification

Tools

Polysoude equipment

Job description

Job Title: Welding Supervisor – Orbital Systems

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: Up to £50,118 depending on experience + Benefits

Atabcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Welding Supervisor – Orbital Systems at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role

As a Welding Supervisor – Orbital Systems, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the forefront of delivering critical engineering solutions in a highly regulated environment. This is more than just a supervisory role - it’s a chance to lead a skilled team of Industrial Trades professionals and make a tangible impact on national defence and nuclear safety.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Leading and motivating a team of orbital welding professionals to deliver high-quality maintenance and repair work.
• Collaborating with Nuclear Repair Enablement and Fleet Programme Teams to plan and schedule tasks efficiently.
• Reviewing safety, quality, and technical documentation to ensure readiness before task execution.
• Ensuring team members are qualified and prepared for deployment into production.
• Promoting a culture of safety and continuous improvement through risk assessments and policy adherence.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.

Essential experience of the Welding Supervisor – Orbital Systems

• Experience in a similar role within a highly regulated industry.
• Strong knowledge of orbital welding machines, ideally Polysoude equipment.
• Solid understanding of Safety, Health, Environmental, and Quality standards.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
• Proven hands‑on experience in orbital welding.

Qualifications for the Welding Supervisor – Orbital Systems

• HNC in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent practical experience.
• ILM Level 3 certification is desirable but not essential.

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: 05/12/2025