Job Description

Job Title: Combat Systems Multi Skilled Operative

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £29,658 - £33,686

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74723

Help keep the Royal Navy mission-ready from the heart of the UK's submarine fleet

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Combat Systems Multi Skilled Operative at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute..

The role

As a Combat Systems Multi Skilled Operative, you'll play a vital role in supporting Fleet Engineering teams responsible for maintaining and enhancing critical defence capabilities. Working within one of the UK's most important naval bases, you'll help ensure that submarines, surface vessels and key infrastructure remain safe, available and operational.

This is an exciting opportunity to build a rewarding career in defence engineering, working alongside highly skilled professionals in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same. Your contribution will directly support national security while giving you the chance to develop a broad range of technical, operational and maintenance skills.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Supporting engineering teams to deliver planned preventative maintenance activities across fleet assets.
• Assisting with the identification and rectification of equipment defects, system issues and engineering alterations.
• Maintaining compliance with health, safety and environmental requirements, safe systems of work and control of work procedures.
• Managing the control, issue and return of work equipment required for engineering activities.
• Contributing ideas and improvements that help increase productivity, efficiency and operational performance.

This role is 36 hours per week, based on site at HMNB Clyde, working Monday to Thursday.

Essential experience of the Combat Systems Multi Skilled Operative:

• Experience supporting engineering, maintenance or fleet operations environments.
• Experience using work equipment associated with engineering activities, such as scaffolding, lifting operations or materials handling equipment.
• Knowledge of manual handling procedures and safe working practices.
• Experience working with Risk Assessments, COSHH and Safe Systems of Work.
• Experience controlling, issuing and managing work equipment in a regulated environment.

Qualifications for the Combat Systems Multi Skilled Operative:

• Confined Spaces for Competent Persons certification.
• Occasional Climber / Working at Height qualification.
• Full UK Driving Licence (Category B).
• RYA Level 2 Powerboat qualification.
• Slinging Signaller N402S qualification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 31/07/2026

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