Welding Technician

weServed; Rosyth; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP

Shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Reservists leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Welding Technician for our Rosyth site to support world-class engineering and marine projects. You will provide hands-on welding support, ensuring equipment, materials and processes meet the highest standards while maintaining safety and quality across projects contributing to national infrastructure.

The role is full-time, based on site, with 36 hours per week. Applicants must have practical welding experience, relevant vocational qualifications, and the ability to obtain

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in welding, fabrication or engineering environments.
• Ability to set up, adjust and maintain welding equipment and parameters.
• Experience interpreting welding symbols, drawings and instructions.
• Commitment to quality, safety and compliance in an industrial setting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare materials, equipment, jigs and fixtures to support welding operations.
• Carry out routine maintenance, inspection and basic repairs of welding equipment.
• Perform visual inspections of welds and fit‑ups to support quality standards.
• Prepare work areas, consumables and materials to maximise productivity.
• Collaborate with welders, supervisors, welding engineers and inspection teams to deliver projects.

Skills

MMA welding

MIG welding

MAG welding

TIG welding

Equipment setup

Education

SVQ/NVQ Level 2 in Welding

SVQ/NVQ Level 3 in Welding

Tools

Welding equipment

Job description

Job Title: Welding Technician

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £45,284 - £52,872 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76938

Shape the future of marine engineering through precision, quality and innovation

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 Technician at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Welding Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play a vital role in supporting the delivery of world-class engineering and marine projects. Working within a highly skilled team, you'll provide hands‑on technical support across a range of welding activities, ensuring equipment, materials and processes are prepared to the highest standards. Your expertise will help maintain quality, safety and efficiency while supporting projects that contribute directly to the UK's defence and national infrastructure capabilities.

Day-to-day you'll be required to:

• Preparing materials, equipment, jigs and fixtures to support safe and efficient welding operations.
• Carrying out routine maintenance, inspection and basic repairs of welding equipment to ensure operational readiness.
• Conducting visual inspections of weld preparations, fit‑up activities and completed welds to support quality standards.
• Supporting production activities by preparing work areas, consumables and materials to maximise productivity.
• Collaborating with welders, supervisors, welding engineers and inspection teams to deliver successful project outcomes.

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

Essential experience of the Welding Technician

• Understanding of core welding processes including Manual Metal Arc, Metal Inert Gas, Metal Active Gas and Tungsten Inert Gas welding.
• Hands‑on experience within a welding, fabrication, metalwork or engineering environment.
• Ability to set up, adjust and maintain welding equipment and associated parameters.
• Experience interpreting welding symbols, engineering drawings and technical work instructions.
• Strong commitment to quality, safety and compliance within an industrial setting.

Qualifications for the Welding Technician

• Relevant vocational or technical qualification, such as SVQ or NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 in Welding, Fabrication or a related discipline.
• Experience gained within a manufacturing, fabrication or engineering workshop environment.

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 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 26,000 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: 20/11/2026

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