Production Support Operative Electrical
// Role Summary
Join Babcock as a Production Support Operative in Plymouth, playing a crucial role in supporting complex engineering projects for warships and submarines at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
// Key Responsibilities
- Support maintenance, installation, and testing of equipment on warships and submarines.
- Assist Electrical Fitters with welding pre-heat and temporary electrical supplies.
- Ability to read engineering drawings and interpret work instructions required.
- Full UK driving license is essential for this role.
- Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance.
// Role Specification
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Production Support Operative at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth.
The Role
As a Production Support Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join our team at Devonport Dockyard, working across various business units. You'll play a crucial role in supporting complex engineering projects, from Warships and Submarines to Factory operations, ensuring smooth and efficient delivery.
Day-to-day, you’ll contribute to maintenance, installation, and equipment testing across warships, submarines, and factory settings at Devonport Dockyard. You will be working closely with Electrical Fitters to ensure the smooth execution of complex engineering projects.
- Assist experienced Electrical Fitters with pre-heat requirements for welding and temporary electrical supplies.
- Support equipment installation and maintenance, including system functional tests and monitoring duties.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week, and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential Experience
- Ability to read engineering drawings, interpret work instructions, and use workshop tools, including those specific to electrical engineering.
- Marine engineering experience preferred, including work on Royal Navy ships, submarines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, or large commercial ships—other relevant engineering experience will be considered.
- Experience working in a Naval Base environment is desirable.
Qualifications
- Full UK driving License is a requirement of this role.
- HS0003 Hot Work Operators / Sentries is desirable.
- HS0384 Practical Fire Training is desirable.
- NUC1119 Entry to Radiological Area is desirable.
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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - 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.
- ‘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.
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. We are a disability confident committed employer. We’re happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.